The Worker - Lowell, MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Team Farkle 7
N 42° 38.690 W 071° 18.775
19T E 310391 N 4723968
This sculpture by brothers Ivan and Elliott Schwartz is dedicated to the people who built the canal system that powered the mills, giving Lowell the nickname "Venice of America".
Waymark Code: WM2W92
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member The Leprechauns
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The canals in Lowell, Massachusetts were begun in 1792 when a group of Irish laborers from Charlestown made their way up country to a town on the Merrimack River called Chelmsford. A new town was planned here on the banks of the Merrimack, the first planned factory town in America which the intrepid entrepreneurs, along with Governor John Hancock, later called Lowell. For more information on these canals see this website, (visit link)

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