Middlesex Canal, 1793-1853 [Chelmsford]
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Shorelander
N 42° 36.334 W 071° 19.081
19T E 309853 N 4719619
One of a series of similar markers along the Middlesex Canal.
Waymark Code: WM1NRJ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2007
Views: 50
Along the length of the Middlesex Canal you can find similar markers, placed in 1987 by the Middlesex Canal Commission. This one reads:
"At this location canal boats pulled by horses carried freight and passengers between Boston and the Merrimack River at Lowell before the days of railroads.
"The canal ran from Charlestown through what are now Somerville, Medford, Winchester, Woburn, Wilmington, Billerica, and Chelmsford to Lowell.
"The canal was just over 27 miles long. It was 20 ft. wide at the bottom, 30½ ft. wide at the surface, and 3½ ft. deep. There were 20 locks, 8 aqueducts, and 50 bridges."
A drawing of a boat (the "General Sullivan") and a map of the route of the canal through Chelmsford are also present.
Agency Responsible for Placement: Middlesex Canal Commission
Year Placed: 1987
County: Middlesex
City/Town Name: Billerica
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Not listed
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