19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Massachusetts

 

 

Hampshire and Hampden Canal

 

A Canal Runs Through It
A brief history of the canal.  Current photo.

 

A Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the United States – 1840
A brief description is on page 43.

 

An Account of the Farmington Canal Company: of the Hampshire and Hampden Canal Company; and of the New Haven and Northampton Company, till the Suspension of its Canals in 1847
 A brief history begins on page 9.

 

An Act In Addition To An Act, Entitled, "An Act To Incorporate The Hampshire And Hampden Canal Company." – 1825

 

An Act In Addition To An Act Entitled "An Act To Incorporate The Hampshire And Hampden Canal Company." – 1827

 

An Act In Addition To "An Act To Incorporate The Hampshire And Hampden Canal Company." – 1829

 

An Act In Addition To An Act To Incorporate The Hampshire And Hampden Canal Company – 1832

 

An Act To Authorize The Hampshire And Hampden Canal Company To Construct A Canal From Northampton To The North Line Of This Commonwealth. – 1827

 

An Act To Authorise The Hampshire And Hampden Canal Company, To Construct A Canal From Northampton To The North Line Of This Commonwealth – 1828

 

An Act To Incorporate The Hampshire And Hampden Canal Company – 1822

 

Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor on the Canals of the State of New York - 1906
A brief history of the canal begins on page 1373.

 

Canals for a Nation
A brief history begins on page 53.

 

Census Reports Tenth Census: June 1, 1880, Volume 4
A brief history is on page 758.

 

Congressional Serial Set - 1832
A brief summary of the construction and financial status of the canal begins on page 42.

 

Digital Commonwealth
Includes a map showing the canal route and documents which make reference to the canal.

 

Digital Public Library of America
Includes links to historical documents and maps.

 

Early American Railroads
A brief description is on page 295.

 

Farmington, Hampshire, Hampden Canals map


Hampshire and Hampden Canal
A brief history of the canal. Historical map and links to related sites.
 

Hampshire and Hampden Canal
A brief description and history of the canal.
 

Hampshire and Hampden Canal
An article begins on page 7 of the American Canal Society newsletter.

 

Hampshire and Hampden Canal: Gone but not Forgotten
Includes a brief history of the canal.   Current photo.

 

Hampshire and Hampden Canal Legislative Acts

 

Index of Economic Material in Documents of the states of the United States - 1908
A summary of state documents regarding the canal, covering the period from 1827 to 1849.
 

Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Vol. 12 - 1833
An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate the canal begins on page 233.

 

Map exhibiting the Farmington & Hampshire & Hampden canals
An 1828 map.

 

Map of the Hampshire and Hampden Canal


Memoir of De Witt Clinton - 1829
His Observations Relative to the Hampshire And Hampden Canals begins on page 223.

 

Mitchell’s Compendium of the Internal Improvements of the United States – 1835
A brief description is on page 13.

 

New Haven-Northampton Freight Canal

A brief history of the canal. 


New Haven and Northampton Canal

A brief history of the canal. 


Northampton-New Haven Canal
A brief history of the canal. Links to related sites.
 

Petition of the Hampshire and Hampden Canal Company
An 1827 petition to extend the canal to the northern border of Massachusetts.

 

The Act Incorporating the Hampshire and Hampden Canal Company - 1838
Also included are the acts incorporating the Farmington Canal Company and the New Haven and Northampton Company.
 

The Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 13 - 1836
An Act to Incorporate the New Haven and Northhampton Company from the Hampshire and Hampden begins on page 882.
 

The Roots of American Industrialization
A brief history begins on page 145.

 

“To the Honourable General Court of the Commonwealth of Massacusetts”

An 1827 petition from the Hampshire and Hampden Canal Company.


Trolleys, Light Rail & Canals
Includes a brief history of the canal.

 

Westfield and its Historical Influences, 1669-1919
A brief history of the canal begins on page 285.

 

Rev. May, 2023