If you wish to inspect or alter the imagery, a file in KMZ format is now available for downloadTo use: open the file inside Google Earth.
2012-09-08
Strabane Satellite Imagery 1995
Strabane c1995 before Phase 2 of the Great Northern Link.
If you wish to inspect or alter the imagery, a file in KMZ format is now available for download
To use: open the file inside Google Earth.
If you wish to inspect or alter the imagery, a file in KMZ format is now available for downloadTo use: open the file inside Google Earth.
2012-09-07
Flyover: c1864 Londonderry Enniskillen Railway
The route of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway c1864, overlaid on modern satellite imagery from Google Earth.
The route and POIs in the video were reconstructed from the maps of the Griffith's Valuation. Whilst the terminus at Enniskillen was reached in 1854, the Griffith's Valuation maps, used for the video, date to circa 1864. Maps for Londonderry were not available, therefore the video picks up the route just outside Derry City. To view the complete route see the download section below.
If you wish to inspect or alter the path data used in the flyover, a file in KMZ format is now available for download
To use: open the file inside Google Earth.
The route and POIs in the video were reconstructed from the maps of the Griffith's Valuation. Whilst the terminus at Enniskillen was reached in 1854, the Griffith's Valuation maps, used for the video, date to circa 1864. Maps for Londonderry were not available, therefore the video picks up the route just outside Derry City. To view the complete route see the download section below.
- 1844: Sir John McNeil presents his plan of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway to parliament.
- 1845 July: Parliament passes McNeil's plan but McNeil declines to build the line.
- 1845 Aug 18: Robert Stephenson takes on the project but rubbishes McNeil's plans.
- 1847: The L&ER line from Derry reaches Strabane.
- 1848: Stephenson withdraws from the project.
- 1854 Aug 19: The railway line reaches the terminus at Enniskillen.
- 1863 Sept 7: Finn Valley Railways open the Strabane to Stranorlar line.
- 1957 Oct 1: Enniskillen railway station closes
If you wish to inspect or alter the path data used in the flyover, a file in KMZ format is now available for downloadTo use: open the file inside Google Earth.
2012-09-06
1844 Plan: Londonderry & Enniskillen Railway
The following documents entitled "Plans and Sections of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway with a branch to Lough Swilly 1844" were made available to the OSB through the kind generosity of Mr CurlyHill. The entire photocopied plan spreads out over 21 pages.
Sheet 1: Plans and Sections of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway with a branch to Lough Swilly 1844
This particular plan for the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (L&ER) was prepared for Parliament by the engineer Sir John McNeil in 1844, at the request of the Irish Railway Commission. However, these pages do not depict the final route taken by the railway. The final design was influenced in part by the eminent engineer Robert Stephenson and Alexander Ross; after McNeil declined to build the line when the act passed in July 1845.
To highlight the difference between McNeil's plan and the completed 1854 L&ER route: on sheet 4 MacNeil runs the rail track at Strabane east of the Bowling Green, through the plot where the Church Of the Immaculate Conception is now situated, up Townsend Street and parallel to the Liskey Road.
Despite Stephenson's criticisms, McNeil's maps are still a useful source of information that show us, albeit roughly at times, what 70 miles of countryside looked like during that period.
The following downloadable KMZ Basemaps and KMZ Enlargement files were designed to be viewed upon the satellite imagery of Google Earth. Since the files were converted to the WGS 84 datum, all measurements should be treated as imprecise due to datum displacement. The opacity and location of the maps can be adjusted within Google Earth. Zoomit links are provided to show the maps in their original unadjusted state.
*NOTE: Google have altered the way their cloud storage system "GoogleDocs" handles KMZ files. Instead of displaying a direct download link, GoogleDocs now opens the KMZ file directly onto Google Maps. Whilst this is a good idea in principle, Google have only partially implemented KMZ support on Google Maps as of yet. As a result, many KMZ files are aligned incorrectly when viewed on Google Maps this way. However, the same KMZ files will appear correctly aligned when opened in GoogleEarth. On the following links please make sure you select Download from the File menu, and then open the files in Google Earth. Just ignore the GoogleMaps preview.
Life expectancy \ income - Ireland \ UK. 1800-2009 (GapMinder data)
SkyDrive Folder (alternative links)
Sheet 1: Plans and Sections of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway with a branch to Lough Swilly 1844
This particular plan for the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (L&ER) was prepared for Parliament by the engineer Sir John McNeil in 1844, at the request of the Irish Railway Commission. However, these pages do not depict the final route taken by the railway. The final design was influenced in part by the eminent engineer Robert Stephenson and Alexander Ross; after McNeil declined to build the line when the act passed in July 1845.
Report, Robert Stephenson and Alexander M Ross, London 18 August 1845, with report of the first General Meeting of the Londonderry & Enniskillen Railway, The Railway Times, VIII, 30 August 1845, p. 1390. We have inspected the entire line, and have to report to you that much alteration is required to save expense, and to expedite the execution of the works very materially. We are informed that surveys were made in haste, and that Sir J. MacNeil, in the midst of his then pressing engagements, did not himself have time personally to go over the line.The line to Strabane should have been completed by September 1846 (L&ER General Meeting, Railway Times IX 29 Aug 1846), but allegations from shareholders of Ross's personal and financial involvement with the contractor James Leishman (1800-1884) slowed the project down. The railway station at Strabane opened months later in 1847. Perhaps wearied by the growing dissatisfaction and paranoia of parsimonious shareholder during the famine years, Stephenson and Ross withdrew from the project by January 1848. (The Railway Record V, 15 January 1848 pp56-57). It would take 6 more years to reach the terminus at Enniskillen.
To highlight the difference between McNeil's plan and the completed 1854 L&ER route: on sheet 4 MacNeil runs the rail track at Strabane east of the Bowling Green, through the plot where the Church Of the Immaculate Conception is now situated, up Townsend Street and parallel to the Liskey Road.
Despite Stephenson's criticisms, McNeil's maps are still a useful source of information that show us, albeit roughly at times, what 70 miles of countryside looked like during that period.
The following downloadable KMZ Basemaps and KMZ Enlargement files were designed to be viewed upon the satellite imagery of Google Earth. Since the files were converted to the WGS 84 datum, all measurements should be treated as imprecise due to datum displacement. The opacity and location of the maps can be adjusted within Google Earth. Zoomit links are provided to show the maps in their original unadjusted state.
*NOTE: Google have altered the way their cloud storage system "GoogleDocs" handles KMZ files. Instead of displaying a direct download link, GoogleDocs now opens the KMZ file directly onto Google Maps. Whilst this is a good idea in principle, Google have only partially implemented KMZ support on Google Maps as of yet. As a result, many KMZ files are aligned incorrectly when viewed on Google Maps this way. However, the same KMZ files will appear correctly aligned when opened in GoogleEarth. On the following links please make sure you select Download from the File menu, and then open the files in Google Earth. Just ignore the GoogleMaps preview.
Main Route
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| Sheet 1 ∙ | City and County Londonderry | 6 Sections |
| Sheet 2 | Saint Johnstown - Templemore | 3 Sections |
| Sheet 3 | Porthall - Tullyowen | 7 Sections |
| Sheet 4 ∙ | Strabane town | 4 Sections |
| Sheet 5 | Breen - Milltown | 7 Sections |
| Sheet 6 ∙ | Newtown Stewart - Mulvin | 3 Sections |
| Sheet 7 | Beltan - Pubble | 11 Sections |
| Sheet 8 | Lislimnaghan - Castletown | 17 Sections |
| Sheet 9 ∙ | Omagh | 12 Sections |
| Sheet 10 | Mullawinny - Mullaghmore | 9 Sections |
| Sheet 11 | Drumskinny - Shanaragh | 8 Sections |
| Sheet 12 | Strangagummer - Esker | 9 Sections |
| Sheet 13 | Drummurry- Lisnahanna | 11 Sections |
| Sheet 14 | Aughaward - Salry | 9 Sections |
| Sheet 15 ∙ | Enniskillen | 9 Sections |
Lifford Deviation
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| Zoomit Views | KMZ for Google Earth | KMZ for Google Earth |
| Part 1 | Lifford Common - Porthall | 6 Sections |
| Part 2 | Liggartown - Coneyburrow | 8 Sections |
| Part 3 | Trafalgar | 1 Section |
Derry City and Branch to Lough Swilly
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| Zoomit Views | KMZ for Google Earth | KMZ for Google Earth |
| Sheet 1a | City of Londonderry Enlarged Plan | - |
| Swilly Branch | Port Lough - Whitehouse | 9 Sections |
Life expectancy \ income - Ireland \ UK. 1800-2009 (GapMinder data)
SkyDrive Folder (alternative links)
2012-05-11
Map: Strabane Tenements 1854
Map: Strabane Town Parks and Tenements 1854 (photocopy by Mr Curly Hill)
Here is the download link to the Tenements section of the 1854 Map of Strabane. Since the Town Parks sections were drawn to a different scale they should be ignored in Google Earth.
Please note:
The panels of the map, from which this KMZ file was created, were very kindly loaned to the OldStrabaneBlog by Mr Curly Hill. That document was a hand-coloured photocopy of an original map. Futhermore, the paper on which that copy was printed, was wrinkled, and water-damaged.
Perch Distances:
Here is the download link to the Tenements section of the 1854 Map of Strabane. Since the Town Parks sections were drawn to a different scale they should be ignored in Google Earth.Please note:
The panels of the map, from which this KMZ file was created, were very kindly loaned to the OldStrabaneBlog by Mr Curly Hill. That document was a hand-coloured photocopy of an original map. Futhermore, the paper on which that copy was printed, was wrinkled, and water-damaged.
Perch Distances:
- Irish Perch 7 yards
- Cunningham Perch 6.24 yards
- Woodland Perch 6 yards
- Statute Perch 5.5 yards
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