Merrimack Canal
Site of canal around Pawtucket Falls, built by "Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River," 1793-96 for the floating of logs down the Merrimack River to Newburyport shipyards. In 1822 Merrimack Canal was tapped from it, furnishing power to the Lowell cotton mills.
1930 text, presented as a historical document.
Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity of Michigan LibraryBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
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