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Eastern Canal, Boott Penstock, Between Eastern & Merrimack Canals, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Summary
Significance: The existing penstock is fifth in a succession of channels conveying water from the Eastern Canal to the Merrimack Canal. The first of the penstocks was probably built about 1835, at the same time as the Boott Mills and the original Boott Dam.
Survey number: HAER MA-7-B
Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Francis, James B
Boott Manufacturing Company
Boott, Kirk
Proprietors of the Locks & Canals on the Merrimack River
Hawley, Monica E, transmitter
Malone, Patrick M, historian
Boucher, Jack, photographer
Location
Lowell, 42.63342, -71.31617
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
