Drainage (Ireland) Act 1856

The Navigation in the District of Lough Neagh to be divided into Two Navigations for the Purposes of this Act.

I. The said Navigation in the District of Lough Neagh shall for the Purposes of this Act be divided into Two Navigations; and One of such Navigations shall be called “Lower Bann Navigation,” and shall consist of the Portion of the said Navigation in the District of Lough Neagh next herein-after described; (that is to say,) the Portion of the said Navigation which extends from the Bridge of Coleraine in the tidal Part of the River Bann to Lough Neagh in the Counties of Londonderry and Antrim respectively, including that Part of Lough Neagh situate in the said last-mentioned Counties, according to the Boundaries of the said Counties through the Waters of the said Lough as laid down on the Ordnance Survey; and the other of such Navigations shall be called “Upper Bann Navigation,” and shall consist of the Portion of the Navigation in the District of Lough Neagh herein-after described; (that is to say,) the Portion of the said Navigation which extends from Blackwater Town by the River Blackwater to Lough Neagh, including that Part of the said Lough situate in the said Counties of Armagh, Tyrone, and Down, according to the Boundaries of the said Counties through the Waters of the said Lough as laid down on the Ordnance Survey.