Leixlip Spa

The Leixlip Spa situated close to the Royal Canal, Ireland at Louisa Bridge changed into determined in 1793 by using a collection of workmen excavating for the canal. William Conolly who obtained Leixlip Castle in 1732 deliberate to broaden the spa right into a classical thermal spa however to no avail. The Royal Canal turned into constructed to compete with the Grand and the canal changed into conceived via a disgruntled member of the Grand Canal Board.

The canal became to be 146 kilometers lengthy and construction commenced in 1790. The region round Leixlip wherein the spa turned into constructed saw one of the most highly-priced civil engineering obligations ever undertaken in Ireland as the canal built alongside the newly observed spa had to cross the Rye Water valley, 26 meters beneath the level of the canal - due to this feat it's far taken into consideration that this location is one of the most essential in phrases of engineering and business archaeology. The engineering effort took 6 years to complete and value more than €2 hundred million by means of today’s requirements; it nonetheless stays nowadays a beautiful sight.