| has gloss | eng: Coalisland Canal (sometimes known as The Tyrone Navigation) is a canal in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and is about 7.2 km (4.5 mi) long. Construction of the canal began in 1733, but progress was slow and it wasnt officially opened until 1787. The canal was built to reduce the cost of transporting coal from the Tyrone coalfields to Dublin. An extension "Dukarts Canal", linked the coalfields with Lough Neagh via the River Blackwater. It was then planned to take the coal through the Newry Canal to Newry for transportation to Dublin. |