File:Photocopy of a drawing (original in the Collection of the PLandC, Shelf 118, Drawing 272)-ca. 1825-PROPOSAL OF BUILDING EASTERN CANAL - Eastern Canal, Bridge and Armory Streets HAER MASS,9-LOW,14-2.tif

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Photocopy of a drawing (original in the Collection of the PLandC, Shelf 118, Drawing 272)-ca. 1825-PROPOSAL OF BUILDING EASTERN CANAL - Eastern Canal, Bridge and Armory Streets vicinity, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
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English: Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on the Merrimack River; Boott, Kirk; Francis, James B; Boott Manufacturing Company; Massachusetts Cotton Mills; Prescott Manufacturing Company; Hawley, Monica E, transmitter; Malone, Patrick M, historian; Ansteth, W Richard, photographer; Boucher, Jack, photographer
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Source Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma0544.photos.080532p
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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 Geotemporal data
Date depicted circa 1825
date QS:P,+1825-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Map location Massachusetts; Middlesex County; Lowell
Scale 1:1200
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N: 42.6545096°N
W: 71.320648°W E: 71.2979986°W
S: 42.6341967°N
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institution QS:P195,Q131454
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HAER MASS,9-LOW,14-2
Dimensions height: 4 in (10.1 cm); width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,4U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,5U218593
Notes
  • Significance: The opening of the Eastern Canal in 1835 marked the end of the second phase of construction of the Lowell Canal System as it had been planned in 1821. The Eastern Canal connected the Pawtucket and Merrimack Canals, and powered the Boott Mills.
  • Survey number: HAER MA-7
  • Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction

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