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Old New England Canals

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1956

GUSN

GUSN-169918

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Description

Many towns in old New England did not have the water power necessary to power the mills so vital to village life. The solution: canals. Park Pressey takes a look at some of the canals that cut their way through the New England region.

Details

Additional Identification Number

Article ID 367

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1956.046.164.002

Abstract

Many towns in old New England did not have the water power necessary to power the mills so vital to village life. The solution: canals. Park Pressey takes a look at some of the canals that cut their way through the New England region.

Date Notes

Volume 46, Number 164 (Spring, 1956)

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Record Details

Originator

Park Pressey (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1956). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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