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Francis turbine

Francis turbine from directly overhead

Francis turbine is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Keeper Hill stands 692 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Resurgence, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates52.67353, -8.56868
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Thomond College: 0.1 mi
  • Plassey Water Mill: 0.5 mi
  • New Castle: 0.6 mi
  • Castle Troy: 0.8 mi
  • Jackie Power: 1.7 mi
Springs
  • Mary Magdalene's Well: 1.3 mi
  • St. Patrick's Well: 1.7 mi
  • Toberpatrick: 5.1 mi
  • Toberfliv: 5.8 mi
  • Tobernasool: 6.2 mi
Peaks
  • Woodcock Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Skool Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Lackareagh Mountain: 8.6 mi
  • Knockanuarha: 8.8 mi
  • Knocksize: 9.4 mi
Parks: 45
  • The Woods: 2.0 mi
  • Ros Mor: 2.1 mi
  • The Park: 2.2 mi
  • Bank Place Plaza: 2.3 mi
  • Silver Brook: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 34
Artworks: 23
Gardens: 14
Museums: 13
Nature reserves: 4
  • Coonagh Nature: 5.5 mi
  • The Pollagh Trail: 8.4 mi
  • Blessed Well: 18.6 mi
  • Post Office Field: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Yurty's Couch: 0.2 mi
  • White Sands: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Francis turbine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keeper HillENE 67°691.6 m13.9 mi
MauherslieveE 81°543 m16.1 mi
MoylussaN 10°531.6 m11.2 mi
CragnamurraghN 4°526 m10.5 mi
Silvermine Mountains W TopENE 60°489 m14.6 mi
Silvermine Mountains E TopENE 62°479 m15.2 mi
Cooneen HillENE 70°467 m18.8 mi
CullaunE 92°460 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0218:47
June solstice05:1121:0622:03
September equinox07:2018:5019:35
December solstice08:4415:1616:22

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6583758311

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