Sundry papers. [1853-1881]

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Sundry papers. [1853-1881]

5 pamphlets : maps ; 23 cm.

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Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River

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The Locks and Canals company was chartered in 1792 by a group of merchants and shipowners from Newburyport, Mass. interested in improving the navigability of the Merrimack River and thereby boosting commerce at Newburyport. They constructed the Pawtucket Canal around the rapids at East Chelmsford. By 1803, however, construction of the Middlesex Canal linking the Merrimack with Boston had diverted shipping to Boston rather than to Newburyport. The Locks and Canals company was revived with the est...