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Item Title
Western Canal, Tremont Gatehouse, Western & Lawrence Canals, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
LocationWestern & Lawrence Canals,
Lowell, MA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER MA-5-B
Building/structure dates:
1855 initial construction
Significance: The Tremont Gatehouse controls gates which permitted water to be let into the Lawrence Canal directly from the Northern Canal when it was necessary.
Subjects
Brick BuildingsGatehousesHydraulic Engineering
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Proprietors Of Locks & Canals
Malone, Dr. Patrick M., Historian
Boucher, Jack, Photographer
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Photocopy of a drawing (original in the Collection of the PL&C, Shelf 118, Drawing 269) PLAN OF TREMONT GATES, APRIL 1855 [PLUS LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE SECTIONS]
2. Photocopy of a drawing (original in the Collection of the PL&C, Shelf 118, Drawing 269-1) GATES FOR WESTERN CANAL, MAY 22, 1855
3. SOUTH FACE SHOWING RACKS FOR PENSTOCKS TO TREMONT TURBINE HOUSE ON THE RIGHT: Jack Boucher, Photographer 1976
4. SOUTH FACE AND WEST END OF GATEHOUSE FROM THE NORTHEAST: Jack Boucher, Photographer 1976
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