The toll house, gate and weigh station at Sandyford seem to have been demolished just prior to this in the late 1850s, to be replaced in the 1860s by the tenement buildings you can see in the foreground of the top image.
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Turnpikes were first established in Scotland in the 18th century, and they allowed land owners to apply for an act of parliament to allow them to erect gates where tolls could be collected to pay for road maintainence and improvements. They continued until they were abolished by the Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act of 1878.
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Argyle Street in the west of Glasgow at its junction with Kelvinhaugh Street. It's currently lined with tenements constructed in the 1850s and 1860s. However, prior to this, as these maps from 1857 show, it was the site of the Sandyford Toll Plaza, consisting of toll house, gate and weigh station. It was here that taxes would have been paid before entering the city and/or payments made for use of the turnpike heading west.
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Thanks to Azmia Riaz of the Irish Independent for covering my repeated calls for new council-run community facilities at the vacant Imaginosity building in Sandyford.
We have the Sandyford Civic Park coming at last but we also really need indoor facilities to meet the growing needs of the community, especially as council management are looking to zone even more land for apartments in the #Sandyford area.
https://independent.ie/regionals/dublin/vacant-imaginosity-building-considered-for-new-community-centre-in-sandyford/a690430631.html
The Belmont reservoir saga in Sandyford/Stepaside has run on for many years since planning permission was given back in 2011.
A lesson for planners on how not to give disappearing developers a way to wriggle out of their commitments. #sandyford #stepaside #disappearingdevelopers
Good morning from Sandyford's newest power station. Where are we and how much electricity are we generating?
We see plenty of homes being built in Sandyford and the wider Dublin 18 area but where are the community facilities to match?
What was Imaginosity Children's Museum is now a vacant building here in Beacon South Quarter in Sandyford Business District. The council need to be acting much faster to bring it into use as a community facility.
#sandyford #sandyfordbusinessdistrict #communityneed #dublin18 #imaginosity #beaconsouthquarter
A new park for Sandyford!
The council are looking for your views on the new Sandyford Civic Park.
https://oisinoconnor.com/sandyford-civic-park
#sandyford #parklife
1974 – National Management Centre, Sandyford, Co. Dublin
Architect: Arthur Gibney, Stephenson Gibney & Associates
The Irish Management Institute was originally headquartered in 81 Grafton Street. As its activities increased it required greater space prompting several moves before, constructing
https://www.archiseek.com/national-management-centre-dublin/
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Architect: Arthur Gibney, Stephenson Gibney & Associates The Irish Management Institute was originally headquartered in 81 Grafton Street. As its activities increased it required greater space prompting several moves before, constructing the purpose-built, National Management Centre in Sandyford, which opened on 25 September 1974. The architect Arthur Gibney was awarded with the RIAI Gold Medal
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