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75 ‘.4.-.' fl 5, certaiiied with tolerable accuracy, by a comparison of ‘a’
E ‘ ; ,3‘ map of Belfast in 1660 (whicliis to be found in the County
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5;, g, ;’ Survey) with the map of the town at the present day.
Z’ if The ancient map represents the town partlyincloscd by
1; gt walls, having a castlewithin, and contaimng only five '
l streets and five rows, which consisted of 150 houses.
37' In 1790, the number of streets or avenues was 7.); in
1811, they amounted to 111. At present, the population
amounts to nearly 40,000, and, according to the usual
mode of estimating the number of the inliabitants
from that of the houses, it might in 1660 have been
about 6,000.‘ Neither walls or castle are now to be
seen: the formeriare lost in the expansion of the town,
with the growth of ‘civilization and tranquillity ; but the
castle was destroyed by fire in the year 1708: the regret
occasioned by this event, was greatly increased by the me- ‘
3 lanclioly death of three daughters of Lord Donegall, who.
)6 g 5: perished in the flames. e . '
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gfl L; V W The bridge of "Belfast is not remarkable for its "ar-
' t cliitecture, but exceedingly so for its great length, and for’
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. 1.3’ 31 i the number’ of its arches; the latter, amounting to
;’;t; g 1,; twenty-one, are all turned with hewiifreestone, raised in
. 2 ‘Q the hill of Scraba :5‘ eigliteenof these are in the county of
f ‘i; i ll, Down, and three in Antrim, the channel which divides
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u e 3 it these counties passing under the tlnrd arch. The entire
“ length,‘ including the dead work at each end, is 2,562
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3;: 5! ;; feet, of which length the arched part occupies 84.0. It
,;‘ was erected at the joint expense of both counties for the
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it y; sum of 12,0001. ; and though the foundation was laid in
1 1682, it was not completedyuntil the revolution; soon
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