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Photocopy of a photograph (original in the Collection of the PLandC) DAM AT THE HEAD OF PAWTUCKET, JUNE 8, 1875 - Lowell Canal System, Pawtucket Dam, Merrimack River,above Pawtucket Falls, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
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Photocopy of a photograph (original in the Collection of the PLandC) DAM AT THE HEAD OF PAWTUCKET, JUNE 8, 1875 - Lowell Canal System, Pawtucket Dam, Merrimack River,above Pawtucket Falls, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
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Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on the Merrimack River; Boott, Kirk; Merrimack Manufacturing Company; Jackson Company; Francis, James B; Hawley, Monica E, transmitter; Boucher, Jack, photographer; Sanburn, N C, photographer; Malone, Patrick M, historian
Depicted place Massachusetts; Middlesex County; Lowell
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 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,8A-4
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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 existing dam is the fifth constructed on the site, the first being built about 1821. The purpose of the Dam is to divert water from the Merrimack River into the canal system in order to power the mills.
  • Survey number: HAER MA-1-A
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1821 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1826-1828 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1830 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1833 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1846-1848 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1875 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma1173.photos.080762p
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