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Northern Canal, Great River Wall, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

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Significance: The Great River Wall is a massive retaining wall which separates the upper half of the Northern Canal from the Merrimack River.

Survey number: HAER MA-8-B

Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction

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retaining walls hydraulic engineering water power textile industry manufacturing lowell northern northern canal great great river wall middlesex middlesex county massachusetts jack boucher james b francis monica e hawley historic american engineering record patrick m malone proprietors of the locks and canals of the merrimack river photo ultra high resolution high resolution manufacturing plants library of congress
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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Francis, James B
Proprietors of the Locks & Canals of the Merrimack River
Hawley, Monica E, transmitter
Boucher, Jack, photographer
Malone, Patrick M, historian
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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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

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retaining walls hydraulic engineering water power textile industry manufacturing lowell northern northern canal great great river wall middlesex middlesex county massachusetts jack boucher james b francis monica e hawley historic american engineering record patrick m malone proprietors of the locks and canals of the merrimack river photo ultra high resolution high resolution manufacturing plants library of congress