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initiative, at one time due for completion by 2018, the station was to move south to a permanent location along New Wapping Street. This station, proposed to connect to an extended
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and served as both a railway and canal depot. The original Sheriff Street Drawbridge was constructed in 1873 but replaced by the Sheriff Street Lifting Bridge in 1941.
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up to about the Main Dublin to Belfast railway line, the two parts of Spencer Dock being separated by the bridge at Sheriff Street and separated from the Liffey by a
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is a further 160m north. The bridge has a shallow desk of just 2 feet (0.61 m) thick while the width varies from 62 feet (19 m) to 95 feet (29 m).
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for much of the 20th century. With increasing land values in the early 2000s and as the freight yards became surplus to requirements, it sold the land on to
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London and North Western Hotel, Dublin (1884) - lies at the front of North Wall Quay facing the river as part of the new Spencer Place development
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One of two stone plaques commemorating the opening of Spencer Dock in April 1873 either side of the lifting bridge at Sheriff Street
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while retaining a 17.5% interest in the freehold. CIÉ later also sold its minority holding to a property fund managed by
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of 1873 which was the first mechanical crossing of Spencer Dock, and separated its inner and outer portions.
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The original area was Spencer Dock area was defined by a ribbon of development from the Liffey along the
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The dock was constructed in 1873 to accommodate the coal ships and other barges primarily of the
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into the Spencer Dock area. The Spencer Dock Luas stop is some 200m to the east. The bridge
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over the office property, the office complex was sold in its entirety for €242m in 2016.
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The Sheriff Street Lifting Bridge was installed between 1939 and 1941. A single-span
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stations were opened, one at Guild Street and another at the convention centre.
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claiming to be a small area between the two. One focal point of the area is the
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on Sheriff Street, at the north end of the site. Commuter services to the
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which formed the terminus bringing goods and passengers to the quays.
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The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland: An Illustrated History
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area on the Western Commuter line began in March 2007. Under the
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Canals of Dublin – Tourism Information for the Canals of Dublin
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carries road, Luas and pedestrian traffic from Dublin over the
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The dockland area was originally part of the end of the
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The main building in the area was previously the former
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www.redboxmedia.com, Scott Tallon Walker Architects /.
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