Lagan Canal

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canal navigation waterway

The Lagan Canal is a historic navigation waterway in Northern Ireland that was built to link the River Lagan with Belfast and facilitate the transport of goods during the industrial era.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lagan Canal canonical 1
Lagan Navigation 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
basinCountry Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
closureDate 1958 ⓘ
connectsTo Lough Neagh ⓘ
connectsWith Belfast ⓘ
River Lagan ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1756 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse leisure boating ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
walking and cycling routes ⓘ
followsRiver River Lagan ⓘ
hasNumberOfLocks 27 ⓘ
hasTerminus Belfast ⓘ
Lough Neagh ⓘ
hasTowpath Lagan Towpath ⓘ
heritageStatus historic navigation ⓘ
historicalPeriod Industrial Revolution ⓘ
historicalUse agricultural produce transport ⓘ
coal transport ⓘ
linen trade ⓘ
infrastructure aqueducts ⓘ
bridges ⓘ
locks ⓘ
weirs ⓘ
length approximately 27 miles ⓘ
approximately 43 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Ireland ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
managedBy various local authorities ⓘ
navigationAuthority historically Lagan Navigation Company ⓘ
near Port of Belfast ⓘ
surface form: Belfast Harbour
openingDate 1763 ⓘ
partOf Lagan Valley ⓘ
passesThrough Lisburn ⓘ
Lough Neagh basin ⓘ
Moira ⓘ
primaryPurpose transport of goods ⓘ
region County Antrim ⓘ
County Down ⓘ
restorationEfforts ongoing ⓘ
restorationLedBy Lagan Canal Trust ⓘ
status partly disused ⓘ
partly restored ⓘ
waterwayType artificial canal ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Lagan → hasCanal → Lagan Canal ⓘ
Lagan Valley Regional Park → hasPart → Lagan Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lagan Navigation