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Summary
Significance: The opening of the Eastern Canal in 1835 marked the end of the second phase of construction of the Lowell Canal System as it had been planned in 1821. The Eastern Canal connected the Pawtucket and Merrimack Canals, and powered the Boott Mills.
Survey number: HAER MA-7
Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction
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canals
locks hydraulic facilities
wooden buildings
brick buildings
textile industry
manufacturing
hydraulic engineering
water power
urban growth
transportation
lowell
eastern
eastern canal
bridge
armory
armory streets vicinity
middlesex
middlesex county
massachusetts
w richard ansteth
boott manufacturing company
kirk boott
jack boucher
james b francis
monica e hawley
historic american engineering record
patrick m malone
massachusetts cotton mills
prescott manufacturing company
proprietors of the locks and canals on the merrimack river
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high resolution
manufacturing plants
infrastructure
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Proprietors of the Locks & Canals on the Merrimack River
Boott, Kirk
Francis, James B
Boott Manufacturing Company
Massachusetts Cotton Mills
Prescott Manufacturing Company
Hawley, Monica E, transmitter
Malone, Patrick M, historian
Ansteth, W Richard, photographer
Boucher, Jack, photographer
Location
Lowell
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42.63342, -71.31617
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html