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Clifden Railway

Two large reservoirs were constructed in 1868 to supply water to Galway City. Water was pumped up from the dyke Road to these reservoirs by pumps situated in a lane which was known as Pumpeen Lane. In the 1890’s the landscape here changed with the building of the Prospected Hill Bridge, which really was a cover built in the form of a tunnel to carry the Clifden Railway Under the main road. the tunnel is still there though closed up at one end. The railway line opened in 1885 to transport people from Galway City to Clifden. There were a number of houses built in the Woodquay area, to provide accommodation for Railway personnel. The stations where it stopped, between Galway and Clifden were Moycullen, Ross, Oughterard, MaamCross, Recess and Ballynahinch.