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Background and Early Development of
Lawrence
A brief history of the city,
including reference to the canal. Links to related
sites, including a series of maps tracing the
development of the city, up to the present.
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Digital Commonwealth
Includes historical and current photos and maps.
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Digital Library of America
Includes links to historical and current photos.
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Great Stone Dam
A brief history and description of the dam supplying the
North and South Canals. Current photo and
links to related sites.
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History
of Lawrence, Massachusetts - 1880
A brief history and
description of the canals begins on page 52.
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Lawrence:
An Industrial City 
A history of the development of the city and canal network.
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Lawrence Canal Photos
A set of photos of the canal system.
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Lawrence Canal Postcards
A set of historical postcards of the canals.
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Lawrence City map – 1871
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Lawrence
History Center
Includes
a history of the city and links to digital
collections.
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Lawrence Massachusetts
A brief history of the community.
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Lawrence, Massachusetts
Historical photos of North Canal are on page 14 and
15, a flyer advertising water power for sale is on
page 20, historical photos of the South Canal are on
page 24, an illustration of one of the mills along
the North Canal is on page 26.
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Locks And Canals Of The
Merrimack River – Part II
Includes a brief history, description and map.
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Massachusetts: A Guide to Its
Places and People
Descriptions of the North and South Canals are on page
254.
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North Canal
Brief descriptions of the North and South Canals.
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North Canal Historic District
Includes brief histories and
descriptions of the city, dam, canals and mill
factories. Current photo.
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Pacific Coffer Dam. North
canal. Lawrence, Mass. 1885
A historical photo.
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Panoramas of Lawrence
A set of panoramic photos of Lawrence, showing the
canals and factories.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine,
Volume 21, Issues 1-6 - 1914
A historical photo of the North Canal is on page 557.
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
from Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts – 1888
Views of the canals are on Images 1,
15, 17, 20 and 22.
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Statistics
of Power and Machinery Employed in Manufactures
- 1885
A cross-sectional view of North Canal is on page 2,
and a history of teh development of water power in
Lawrence begins on page 5.
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Stronger Than a Hundred Men:
A History of the Vertical Water Wheel
A brief history of the development of the canals begins
on page 277.
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The Great Workshop
A brief history of the development of the city and its
canals begins on page 119.
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The North Canal at Lawrence
A brief history of the canal and
dam. Includes a map of the North and South Canals.
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