The Middlesex Canal was a 27-mile (44-kilometer) barge canal connecting the Merrimack River with the port of Boston. When operational it was 30 feet (9...
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Massachusetts Middlesex Canal, Massachusetts Middlesex County, Connecticut Middlesex County, Massachusetts Middlesex County, New Jersey Middlesex County, Virginia...
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the United States. However, within a decade of its construction the Middlesex Canal was completed, connecting the Merrimack directly with Boston, Massachusetts...
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the site was known as the Canal Bridge, named after the Middlesex Canal which ran from the Charlestown Mill Pond to Middlesex Village in East Chelmsford...
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other Middlesex County) Metropolitan State Hospital (Lexington, Waltham and other Middlesex County) Middlesex Canal (Lowell and other Middlesex County)...
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were the South Hadley Canal (opened 1795) in Massachusetts, Santee Canal (opened 1800) in South Carolina, the Middlesex Canal (opened 1802) also in Massachusetts...
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engineers. He surveyed and was responsible for the construction of the Middlesex Canal, but today he is perhaps best remembered for the Baldwin apple which...
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Telford James Geddes, Ohio and Erie Canal John B. Jervis, Delaware and Hudson Canal Loammi Baldwin, Middlesex Canal to Boston Orlando Metcalfe Poe, Poe...
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The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway in Massachusetts connecting Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south, and is part of the Atlantic...
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Winchester, Massachusetts (redirect from Winchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
paralleled improvements in transportation. Prior to incorporation, the Middlesex Canal, linking the Merrimack River to Boston, was completed through then...
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Woburn, Massachusetts (category Cities in Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
of important events Gershom Flagg's tannery was built in 1668 The Middlesex Canal was opened in 1803 Thompson established a tannery at Cummingsville...
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Baldwin House (Woburn, Massachusetts) (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
historical nature of the site. The historic 1790 House was across the Middlesex Canal. The original Baldwin House was built in 1661 by Henry Baldwin, one...
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Middlesex Canal. Converting the canal to a railroad would eliminate the issue of transportation being unavailable during the winter, when the canal froze...
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North Billerica, Massachusetts (category Villages in Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
Faulkner and Talbot mills and the North Billerica Train Depot. The Middlesex Canal was built through the village in 1783 and the Boston and Lowell Railroad...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts (category Cities in Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
Cambridge (/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ KAYM-brij) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area...
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holes. Indiana canals had leaks from burrowing crawfish. Canal companies would often post bounties for muskrats, e.g. the Middlesex Canal. Pounds can be...
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charitable and business endeavors. He was a leading proponent of the Middlesex Canal and the first bridge between Boston and Cambridge, and was instrumental...
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centers along the way. As its route closely paralleled that of the Middlesex Canal, and later the railroad, it suffered stiff competition for both freight...
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Arlington, Massachusetts (redirect from Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is six miles (10 km) northwest of Boston, and its population was 46,308...
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archives of the Bostonian Society, "The Boston Canal", which was an extension of the Middlesex Canal through Causeway Street in the Bulfinch Triangle...
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Wilmington, Massachusetts (redirect from Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
on April 19, 1775, and fought at Merriam's Corner in Concord. The Middlesex Canal passed through Wilmington. Chartered in 1792, opened in 1803, it provided...
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work in Boston in his early teens, when his father died. He worked on Middlesex Canal boats on his way, and then began his career selling fish and oysters...
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Baldwin of Woburn, Massachusetts, USA. Baldwin was the agent for the Middlesex Canal after having taken part in the survey work with his father and brothers...
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Contra Costa Canal Corning Canal Delta–Mendota Canal Eastside Canal Folsom South Canal Friant-Kern Canal Glenn Colusa Canal Inter-California Canal Kern Island...
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Unfortunately the creation of the Middlesex Canal, which formed a direct route to Boston, severely harmed the Pawtucket Canal's prospects, and it swiftly fell...
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sporting matches, especially soccer. At one time a portion of the Middlesex Canal was located on land that became this park. An extension of the Green...
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Days Academy Grant Township Eagle Lake Township (T8 R13 WELS) East Middlesex Canal Grant Township Frenchtown Township (TA R13 WELS) [part] Harfords Point...
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Mystic River (category Rivers of Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
the river's beach in the Battle of Bunker Hill in June. In 1805, the Middlesex Canal linked the Charles and Mystic Rivers to the Merrimack River in Lowell...
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Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a 107-mile (172 km) common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals in...
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allowed for a proliferation of mills and factories. The building of the Middlesex Canal extended this small river network to the larger Merrimack River and...
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