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National Civil Engineering Heritage Database

The database contains some 275 records of historic civil engineering works (HEWs). Essentially, each record provides a quick reference to its qualities and quantities. It answers the questions - what is it? - where is it? - who designed and built it? - and, when was it built? A very brief description of the work, together with its principal dimensions, is also included. HEW records may be consulted by arrangement with Dr. Ron Cox.

The National Civil Engineering Heritage Database on 31st December 2007 contained records for the following HEWs:

HEW Name Number
Alexandra Bridge 3138
Alexandra Quay 3266
Anna Livia Bridge 3048
Annagassan Bridge 3029
Aranmore Lighthouse 3213
Ardfinnan Bridge 3235
Ardnacrusha Power Station 3007
Arklow Bridge 3130
Athleague Bridge 3193
Athlone Bridge 3180
Athlone Rail Bridge 3079
Athlunkard Bridge 3131
Athy (Croomaboo) Bridge. 3139
Athy Church Roof 3221
Athy Rail Bridge 3246
Balbriggan Rail Viaduct 3035
Ballina West Bridge 3197
Ballinamore - Ballyconnell Navigation. 3137
Ballinter Bridge 3171
Ballycotton Lighthouse 3153
Ballydehob Viaduct 3106
Ballyduff Upper Bridge 3065
Ballyhaise Bridge 3247
Ballyvaughan Water Supply 3218
Ballyvoyle Viaduct 3145
Balrothery Weir 3229
Banagher Bridge 3172
Barrington Bridge 3060
Barrow Aqueduct 3127
Barrow Navigation 3004
Barrow Rail Bridge 3075
Barrow Rail Bridge (Monasterevin) 3198
Barrow Rail Bridge (New Ross) 3084
Bealaclugga Bridge 3181
Bective Bridge 3160
Belfield Water Tower 3240
Bellews Bridge 3030
Belmullet Ship Canal 3196
Belmullet Water Tower 3260
Bennets Bridge 3163
Birr Castle Suspension Bridge 3242
Blackrock Lighthouse 3216
Blennerville Windmill 3063
Blundell Aqueduct 3239
Bohernabreena Reservoirs 3210
Borris Viaduct 3110
Boyne Aqueduct 3128
Boyne Navigation 3135
Boyne Viaduct & Bridge 3013
Bray Harbour 3052
Bray Head Tunnels 3123
Bray Sea Wall & Promenade 3056
Broadstone Train Shed 3202
Brosna Drainage 3245
Brownsbarn Bridge 3166
Bull Rock Lighthouse 3152
Bull Walls, Dublin 3016
Butt Bridge 3017
Cappoquin Bridge 3234
Carragh Bridge 3141
Carrickabrack Viaduct 3115
Carrick-on-Shannon Bridge 3146
Carrick-on-Suir Bridge 3168
Castlecomer Bridge 3232
Causeway Bridge (Dungarvan) 3061
Celbridge Bridge. 3140
Chapelizod By-Pass 3220
Chetwynd Viaduct 3073
Clara Bridge 3126
Clarke's Bridge 3177
Cork Harbour & Port 3083
Cork Rail Tunnel 3114
Cork Waterworks 3077
Corlea Trackway 3261
Courtown Harbour 3037
Cruit Island Footbridge. 3150
Ctesiphon Warehouse 3274
Custom House Docks 3053
Daly's Bridge 3143
Deeps Bridge 3179
Donegal Narrow Gauge Railways 3249
Donnybrook Bus Garage 3224
Doonally Reservoir. 3008
Dromore West & Rathlee water towers 3265
Drumsna Bridge 3147
Dublin & Drogheda Railway. 3098
Dublin & Kingstown Railway 3025
Dublin & South Eastern Railway 3101
Dublin Port 3080
Dublin Water Supply (Blessington) 3259
Dublin Water Supply (Vartry) 3018
Dublin Waterworks, Roundwood 3021
Dun Laoghaire Harbour 3014
Dundalk Pile Light 3005
Dundalk Windmill 3027
Dunmore East Harbour and Lighthouse 3072
Eastern Bridges, Kinsale 3178
Eeragh Lighthouse 3211
Eglinton Canal 3090
Erne Hydroelectric Scheme 3243
Fairview Rail Bridge. 3095
Farmleigh Water Tower 3205
Fastnet Lighthouse 3049
Father Matthew Bridge 3043
Feale Bridge 3184
Fermoy Bridge 3070
Flannery Bridge 3244
Foynes Harbour 3225
Galley Head Lighthouse 3207
Galway - Clifden Railway 3256
Galway Docks 3117
Galway Waterways 3122
Glasnevin Curvilinear Glass Houses 3201
Gleensk Viaduct 3071
Goodbody's Chimney 3254
Gores Bridge 3162
Gormanston Railway Viaduct 3057
Goulburn Bridge 3183
Graiguenamanagh Bridge 3136
Grand Canal 3001
Grand Canal (Barrow Line) 3003
Grand Canal (Circular Line) 3228
Grand Canal Dock 3082
Grand Canal, Kilbeggan Branch 3031
Grattan Bridge 3041
Great Skerries Windmill 3264
Great Southern & Western Railway 3100
Green's Bridge 3134
Gymnasium Roof, Air Corps HQ Baldonnel 3272
Hartley Bridge 3187
Heuston Station 3091
Hook Head Lighthouse 3068
Howth Harbour 3055
Hyde Bridge 3009
Inchicore Railway Works 3203
Inisheer Lighthouse 3212
Inistioge Bridge 3165
Inniscarra Dam 3248
Island (Sarah) Bridge 3046
Jamestown Bridge 3191
Jamestown Canal 3194
Kanturk Bridge 3182
Kenmare Bridge 3089
Kilcarn Bridge 3159
Kilcummer Viaduct 3233
Kildare Canal 3081
Killaloe Bridge 3174
Killorglin Bridge 3087
Kilnap Viaduct 3113
Kilsheelan Bridge 3236
Kish Bank Lighthouse 3050
Knocklofty Bridge 3237
Knocklofty House Bridge 3269
Knockvicar Bridge 3199
Lanesborough Bridge 3188
Laune Viaduct 3085
Laytown Rail Viaduct 3034
Lee Road Tunnel 3255
Leighlinbridge 3142
Leinster Aqueduct 3096
Lennox Bridge 3250
Liam Mellowes Bridge 3044
Liffey Bridge 3032
Liffey Hydroelectric Scheme 3258
Liffey Rail Bridge, Phoenix Park 3054
Liffey Service Tunnel 3251
Liffey Viaduct (Loopline) 3036
Limerick Graving Dock. 3012
Limerick Wet Dock 3011
Limerick-Killaloe Navigation 3078
Lismore Bridge 3076
Lispole Viaduct 3192
Listowel & Ballybunion Railway 3273
Listowel Bridge 3064
Lough Allen Canal 3195
Lough Vartry Reservoir 3019
Louisburgh Clapper Bridge 3241
Lucan Bridge 3045
Mabes Bridge 3094
Maganey Bridge 3206
Mahon Viaduct 3105
Mallow Bridge 3185
Mallow Viaduct 3112
Market Street Store 3270
Marsh South Sea Embankment 3028
Midland Great Western Railway 3102
Midleton Distillery Water Wheel 3267
Milltown Bridge (Barrow) 3170
Milltown Rail Viaduct 3230
Mine Head Lighthouse 3156
Mizen Head Bridge 3026
Mount Talbot Bridge 3231
Mountgarret Bridge 3088
Navan Rail Viaduct 3133
New Bridge 3097
Newgrange 3217
Newport Bridge 3200
Newport Viaduct 3107
Newtown Bridge 3158
No.1 Graving Dock, Dublin Port 3024
North Bull Bridge 3093
North Wall Quay Extension, Dublin 3253
Oak Park Bridge 3275
Obelisk Bridge 3010
O'Briens's Bridge 3148
O'Connell Bridge 3040
O'Donovan Rossa Bridge 3042
Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse 3154
Old Scarawalsh Bridge. 3099
Phoenix Park Rail Tunnel 3252
Pigeon House Power Station 3271
Pollaphuca Bridge. 3125
Poolbeg Lighthouse, Great South Wall 3051
Portarlington Cooling Tower 3223
Portumna Bridge 3161
Poulgorm Bridge 3263
Railways across bogs 3262
Ramelton Water Supply 3227
Rathdrum Rail Viaduct 3169
Rathlin O'Birne Lighthouse 3214
Rathmines & Pembroke Main Drainage 3209
Ringsend Bridge 3047
Roosky Bridge 3189
Rory O'More Bridge 3039
Rosslare Harbour 3092
Roundwood-Stillorgan Aqueduct 3022
Royal Canal 3002
Ryewater Aqueduct 3129
Salmon Weir Bridge. 3120
Sarsfield Bridge 3058
Scariff Bridge 3173
Scherzer Lift Bridges, North Wall Dublin 3015
Sean Heuston Bridge 3033
Shannon Bridge 3132
Shannon Navigation 3074
Shannon Rail Bridge 3268
Sir Thomas's Bridge 3238
Slane Bridge 3151
Slatty Viaduct 3111
Spectacle Bridge 3144
Spit Bank Lighthouse 3186
St John's Bridge 3167
St Patrick's Bridge 3149
St Vincent's Bridge 3176
tack "A Warehouse, Dublin Docks 3066
tack "C Vaults, Dublin Docks 3204
Stillorgan Service Reservoirs 3023
Straffan House Suspension Bridges 3038
Suir Rail Bridge (Waterford) 3069
Suir Viaduct 3108
Tacumshin Windmill 3006
Tarbert Lighthouse 3215
Tarmonbarry Bridge 3190
Taylorstown Viaduct 3116
Thomas Davis Bridge 3175
Thomas Street Windmill 3104
Thomastown Bridge 3164
Thomastown Viaduct 3109
Thomond Bridge 3059
Tralee & Dingle Light Railway 3103
Tralee-Blennerville Ship Canal 3062
Trim Bridge 3157
Trim Water Tower 3257
Turlough Hill Pumped Storage Scheme 3226
Tuskar Rock Lighthouse 3118
Upper Vartry Reservoir 3020
Valentia Viaduct 3086
Victoria Bridge 3119
Waterford Road Viaduct 3208
Westland Row (Pearse)Train Shed 3222
West-Link Bridge 3219
Wexford Harbour Land Reclamation 3067
Whitworth Aqueduct 3124
Wicklow Head Lighthouse 3155
William O'Brien Bridge. 3121

 

 

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