OSM Open-Street-Map overlay collections COOL:
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| The Dublin part of the 4 cities map |
1650-1680 TODO ...
1665 Ferry services across liffey granted charter by King Charles II
1680-1684 Royal Hospital Kilmainham built to accomodate former soldiers
https://imma.ie/heritage-trail/royal-hospital/
5 bridges in city centre by 1684 (4 added in 1670 1676 1683 1684) boom time
| Anna Livia Bridge | Chapelizod Bridge | Road bridge | Lucan Road to Chapelizod Road | 1753 (Previous structure: 1660s) |
| Rory O'More Bridge | Victoria & Albert Bridge, Queen Victoria Bridge, Bloody? | Road bridge | Watling Street to Ellis Street | 1859 (Previous structures: 1670, 1704) |
| Mellows Bridge | Mellowes Bridge, Arran Br., Queen's Bridge, Queen Maeve Bridge | Road bridge | Queen Street to Bridgefoot Street | 1768 (Previous structure: 1683) OLDEST SURVIVING |
| Father Mathew Bridge | Whitworth Bridge, Dublin Bridge, Old Bridge | Road bridge | Church Street to Bridge Street Lower | 1818 (Previous structures: 1014, 1428) OLDEST |
| O'Donovan Rossa Bridge | Richmond Bridge, Ormond Bridge | Road bridge | Chancery Place to Winetavern Street | 1816 (Previous structure: 1684) |
| Grattan Bridge | Essex Bridge | Road bridge | Capel Street to Parliament Street | 1874 (Previous structures: 1676, 1755) |
REF and credit to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dublin_bridges_and_tunnels
1714 Moll
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| Dublin showing Oxmantown, Liffy R., Colledg, St Patricks Well, Castle, City Wall, Greens: Oxmantown, Bowling, St. Stephens |
Beggatroath C. ? Beggatsoath ? in ruins at this time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baggotrath_Castle largely destroyed during the siege of Dublin in 1649, on the eve of the Battle of Rathmines.
5 bridges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxmantown
Vikings - Ostmen
1728 Brooking
https://www.lbrowncollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dublin-Brooking-1728-2.jpg <- WOW, dude.
Including pictures of view to south amd buildings/statues/green/bason.
South is UP.
Did they go up in a balloon to draw the view of the hills to the South ?
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| Brooking 1728 - Map and Prospect of the city of Dublin |
Bridges: Essex, Ormond, Old, Arran, Bloody
Arran bridge from Queen St, Bloody Bridge to Watling St.
1753 Chapelizod Bridge is built
1751-1756 Comissioners of Inland Navigations Established - CANALs start
https://archive.waterwaysireland.org/history-of-the-waterways/9/the-history-of-the-grand-canal
1755 survey made to find route for Royal Canal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canal
1756 work starts on Grand Canal Scheme
1773 foundation stone of 1st lock laid
1753-5 Essex Bridge RE-built by George Semple
"The bridge, completed (1755) at a cost of £20,661, after two years and eighty days of uninterrupted construction,"
"The foundations remain in use, being retained when the superstructure of Semple's bridge was replaced (1873–4) by Grattan Bridge."
1757 Smock Windmill Tower built off Watling St / Thomas St to power Roe's whiskey distillery
http://builtdublin.com/smock-tower-watling-street-dublin-8/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patricks_Tower
https://peartreecrossing.ie/history/
1757 - St Patrick's Hospital aka "Swift's hospital" is completed
Built by George Semple.
"a hospital for the mentally ill in Dublin, fulfilling the bequest of Jonathan Swift"1762 Merrion Square is laid out.
1764 Bellin
https://archive.org/details/dr_plan-de-la-ville-de-dublin-6903367 <- PRETTY and GOOD
plan de la Ville de Dublin.Aylmer's Bridge Lyons Road - L5064 Built in 1782 or 1784, depending on sources. Lies on the border between County Kildare and County Dublin.
1790 Royal Canal under construction
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| Foster Aqueduct (view of the city of Dublin) |
1791 Grand canal also under construction
1796 Brunswick wooden bascule bridge over grand canal
1797 - Faden
1804 Corbet map
Bridges: 5 - Carlisle(new(ish)), Essex, .. (Ormond bridge is gone), Old Br., Queen's (was Arran), cannot read (was Bloody)
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| A South View on the River Liffey Dublin |
1805-1810 Smock Windmill Tower, Watling St. rebuilt, converted to steam soon after
https://libertiesdublin.ie/a-liberties-landmark-st-patricks-tower/
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| painting of Smock Tower, Watling St. by Harry Kernoff in 1933 |
http://builtdublin.com/richmond-tower-royal-hospital-kilmainham-dublin-8/
1816 Richmond Bridge built to replace the old Ormonde bridge which had been destroyed
designed by George Halpin
1817 Dublin city, Cadell and Davies
1818 Whitworth Bridge, now Father Mathew, replaces the Old Bridge of 1428.
designed by George Halpin
1819 Bull wall, designed by George Halpin is started
In 1800 George Helpin was made Inspector of Works for the Dublin Ballast Board.
"Halpin built new quay walls on the Liffey from Carlisle Bridge (built by James Gandon (qv)) to Custom House Quay and George's Quay. By 1820 he had also rebuilt and enhanced those extending from Carlisle Bridge up to the official westward limit of the port jurisdiction at Bloody Bridge (Rory O'More Bridge), by the junction of Usher's Island and Watling St."
1819 Byrne map
1828 King’s Bridge, now Sean Heuston, opens to the public.
1830
https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/royal-canal/ Including nice picture of Dublin, from Blaquiere Bridge, Royal Canal
1830(I think) Dublin, from Blaquiere Bridge, Royal Canal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_and_Kingstown_Railway
1834 - quay wall improvements - George Halpin
British consultant engineer William Cubitt recommended that the north and south quays of the lower Liffey be enlarged and strengthened to meet the increased volume of shipping. Restricted by cost, Halpin and his son undertook less expensive works, which in 1836 formed timber-piled wharves and embankments at the junction of the East and North Walls. The resulting North Wall Basin became generally known as Halpin's Pond (or Pool), subsequently named Alexandra Basin after Stoney's monumental extension of the Halpin project (1885).1840 - Broadstone
1845 Tallis map
https://www.lbrowncollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dublin-Tallis-1845.jpg <- GOOD1850 Neo-Egyptian train station opened at Broadstone
1852 canal passenger boats (on Royal and Grand canals) widthdrawn due to competition with railways
1856 Broadstone Railway Station (and Broadstone Harbour)
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| The Broadstone Station, from tourist handbook by David Bryce |
1861 Victoria and Albert Bridge, now Rory O’More, opens to the public.
1872 - New Dublin Quay wall build
1879 Butt Bridge (1879 - 1929) Dublin City, ...
the first Liffey bridge in Dublin to be built with reinforced concrete, courtesy of Gray's Ferro- Concrete (Ireland) Ltd. Most Easterly bridge.






















