Merrimack Canal, Merrimack Dam, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Summary
Significance: The Merrimack and Rolling Dams were built as part of the third phase of building of the Lowell Canal System, to provide intermediate levels between the Merrimack Canal, on the upper level, and the Eastern Canal, on the lower level, so that both would be able to discharge through the same wasteway.
Survey number: HAER MA-3-A
Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after 1960 Demolished
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Proprietors of the Locks & Canals on the Merrimack River
Francis, James B
Malone, Patrick M, historian
Ansteth, W Richard, photographer
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