19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Massachusetts

 

 

Medford Branch Canal

 

1804 Chap. 0137 An Act To Incorporate Benjamin Hall Esqr. & Others By The Name Of "The Proprietors Of The Medford Branch, Canal & Locks Between The Middlesex Canal & Mystic River And Easterly Of The Post Road Leading From Charlestown To Medford."
 

Acts and Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 4 – 1898
An act to incorporate the proprietors of the canal begins on page 213.

 

An Act To Incorporate Benjamin Hall Esqr. & Others By The Name Of "The Proprietors Of The Medford Branch, Canal & Locks Between The Middlesex Canal & Mystic River And Easterly Of The Post Road Leading From Charlestown To Medford – 1804
 

Digital Public Library of America
Includes a link to a historical document.

 

Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies, Volume 4, Issues 1-12 – 1885
A brief description of one of the uses of the canal is on page 62.

 

Life on the Middlesex Canal
A brief history and description of the canal begins on page 74.

 

Medford Branch Canal
A brief history of the canal.

 

Medford Branch Canal

A brief history of the canal.


Proceedings of the Two Hundred and Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Settlement of Medford, Massachusetts, June Nineteen Hundred and Five
A brief description of the canal is on page 30.

 

The Incredible Ditch: A Bicentennial History of the Middlesex Canal
A brief history and description of the canal is on page 45.

 

The Medford Historical Register, Volumes 21-23 – 1918
A history of the canal begins on page 25.

 

The Middlesex Canal
Includes a brief history of the Medford Branch.

Rev. June, 2023