File 5 - Galway Water Conservation Project

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Materials pertaining to Phase 1 of the Galway Water Conservation Project, for which Markus Casey performed archaeological surveying and monitoring. Includes:
-Double-sided map showing: 1) colour-annotated reproduction of map of proposed works to be carried out by the Commissioners of Public Works regarding the waterways of Galway, especially in regard to mill power and the Eglinton Canal, as copied from the Galway Ordnance Map of 1898, itself copied from a 4 April 1860 map attached to the award which created the Lough Corrib Mills Trustees; 2) reproduction of the Plan of the Galway Salmon Fishery Extending from Lough Corrib to the Sea, produced after Edward and Thomas Ashworth purchased the fishery in 1852 and showing the entire course of the River Corrib (c. 1999, 38 x 54 cm);
-Double-sided map showing: 1) reproduction of the engineer's design of the Corrib River Bridge at Wood Quay, Midland Great Western Railway, 1894; 2) reproduction of a 1778 map showing the road from Oranmore to Oughterard; 3) reproduction of a 1925 map of the proposed and actual courses of the canal between Lough Mask and Lough Corrib built between 1848 and 1858 (c. 1999, 35.5 x 75.7 cm);
-Map, Galway Water Conservation Project Mains Rehabilitation Key Plan (Drawing No. 101) showing the water main scheme of Galway. Mains to be rehabilitated are in blue (August 1999, 72 x 51.5 cm);
-3 copies of a map, Galway Water Conservation Project Mains Rehabilitation Key Plan (Drawing No. 102) showing the water main scheme of Galway city centre. Mains to be rehabilitated are in blue (August 1999, 72 x 51.5 cm, 3pp);
-Report by Markus Casey, 'Report on the Archaeological Implications of the Proposed Galway Water Conservation Project' (November 1999, 17pp);
-Correspondence from Markus Casey regarding excavation licences and payment for work performed (5 April 2001 – 19 November 2001, 13pp);
-General Tax Clearance Certificate issued to Markus Casey for a period ending 27 August 2002 (28 August 2001, 1p).

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