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File:Photocopy of a drawing (original in the Collection of the PLandC, Shelf 159, Drawing 8)-May 1902, corrected to May 1921 -PLAN OF CANAL SYSTEM BELONGING TO THE PROPRIETORS OF THE HAER MASS,9-LOW,8-3.tif

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Photocopy of a drawing (original in the Collection of the PLandC, Shelf 159, Drawing 8)-May 1902, corrected to May 1921 -PLAN OF CANAL SYSTEM BELONGING TO THE PROPRIETORS OF THE LOCKS AND CANALS - Lowell Canal System, Merrimack and Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
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Baldwin , Laommi; Jackson , Patrick Tracy; Francis , James B; Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on the Merrimack River; Middlesex Company; Hamilton Manufacturing Company; Merrimack Manufacturing Company; Suffolk Manufacturing Company; Tremont Manufacturing Company; Boott Mills; Massachusetts Cotton Mills; Jackson, Jonathan; Tyler, Joseph; Clark, Thomas; Varnum, James; Weston; Boston Manufacturing Company; Lowell, Francis Cabot; Appleton, Nathan; Moody, Paul; Boott, Kirk; Dutton, Warren; Boott, John W; Goulding, John; Tyler, Nathan; Whipple, Oliver; Appleton, William; Appleton, Ebenezer; Blaney, Charles; Cumiskey, Hugh; Rand, Deacon; Kittredge, J G; Hurd, Thomas; Lewis, Joel; Lowell Manufacturing Company; Appleton Manufacturing Company; Lawrence Manufacturing Company; Jackson Company; Middlesex Canal Company; Boyden, Uriah; Baldwin, Laommi; Whistler, George; Baldwin, James; Storrow, Charles; Worthern, William; Lowell Machine Shop; Hawley, Monica E, transmitter; Lawrence Manufacturing Company, delineator; French, Frederick, delineator; Boucher, Jack, photographer; Malone, Patrick M, historian; Howland, Mark M, delineator; Chrisney, Margy, delineator
Depicted place Massachusetts; Middlesex County; Lowell
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER MASS,9-LOW,8-3
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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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  • Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century, into one of America's foremost water power sites.
  • Survey number: HAER MA-1
  • Building/structure dates: 1795- 1803 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1822-1836 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1839-1945 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1846-1849 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma0543.photos.080729p
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