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Blackstone Canal Worcester-Millbury Segment, Eastern bank of Blackstone River, Millbury, Worcester County, MA
Summary
Significance: The Blackstone Canal, completed in 1828, was a major engineering accomplishment of the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Its construction was a pivotal event in the social and economic development of the Blackstone Valley, linking pre-industrial and industrial eras, and joining the countryside to the urban centers of Providence and Worcester. The surviving sections of towpath, canal prism, and berm in the Millbury portion of the Worcester-Millbury Segment are typical of the Blackstone Canal's "dug trench" sections.
Survey number: HAER MA-146
Building/structure dates: 1827-1828 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hutchinson, Holmes
Jeremiah Gay & Sons
University of Massachusetts Archaeological Services, contractor
Dyer, Delores, transmitter
Stupich, Martin, photographer
Greenwood, Richard E, historian
Location
East Millbury, 42.19207, -71.76152
Source
Library of Congress
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
