Merrimack Canal, Rolling Dam, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Summary
Significance: Both the Rolling Dam and the Merrimack Dam were built in 1835 in order to provide intermediate levels between the Merrimack and Eastern Canals so that both could use the same wasteway.
Survey number: HAER MA-3-B
Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Francis, James B
Proprietors of the Locks & Canals of the Merrimack River
Hawley, Monica E, transmitter
Malone, Patrick M, historian
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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