19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Massachusetts

 

 

Wicasee Falls Canal

 

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River - Part I
Includes a brief description and history of the canal.
 

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River – Part II
Includes a more comprehensive description and history of the canal.  Current photos.

 

The Granite Monthly, Volume 9 – 1886
A brief history and description is on page 5.

 

The Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – 1812
The Act authorizing the proprietors of the Middlesex Canal to construct the Wicasee Falls Canal is on page 183.

 

Travels in New-England and New-York: in four volumes, Volume 1 – 1823
A contemporary description and history of the canal is on page 370.

 

Rev. December, 2018