Pawtucket Canal (Lowell, MA)
This canal was built in 1796 for shipping/transportation purposes, I think primarily to transport logs from New Hampshire to Newburyport, where the lumber was used to build ships.
In 1821 it was made wider and deeper so it could be used to generate power for textile mills. Lowell has a whole network of canals. It is the oldest power-generating canal system in the country, and Pawtucket Canal is the oldest canal among them.
These buildings which are all former textile mills are all residential now, I think. (In the larger sizes of this photo you can see a "Now Renting" banner on the building on the left.)
Pawtucket Canal (Lowell, MA)
This canal was built in 1796 for shipping/transportation purposes, I think primarily to transport logs from New Hampshire to Newburyport, where the lumber was used to build ships.
In 1821 it was made wider and deeper so it could be used to generate power for textile mills. Lowell has a whole network of canals. It is the oldest power-generating canal system in the country, and Pawtucket Canal is the oldest canal among them.
These buildings which are all former textile mills are all residential now, I think. (In the larger sizes of this photo you can see a "Now Renting" banner on the building on the left.)