Scan Alarms installed a comprehensive intruder alarm system to protect the newly refurbished Navigation House. The fitting new headquarters for The Lagan Canal Trust.
Navigation House was built in 1866 and was once the household of The Lagan Navigation Company Manager, back when horse drawn barges known as lighters plied our inland waterways.
The first section of the 43 km long Lagan Navigation was opened in 1763, linking the port of Belfast with Lough Neagh, the largest inland freshwater lake in the British Isles. Lough Neagh's links to other major waterways served the transport needs of the linen, coal and sand industries. This makes The Lagan Navigation the most successful Irish waterway in its day. Unfortunately, as with most waterways, the pressures from rail and latterly road freight led to its phased abandonment between 1954 and 1958. |