Middlesex Canal, 1793–1853 (Butters Row)
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N 42° 32.181 W 071° 10.079
19T E 321964 N 4711607
A general marker describing the Middlesex Canal.
Waymark Code: WM1EN9
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2007
Views: 63
This marker stands alongside the old Middlesex Canal at Butters Row west of the MBTA tracks and Route 38. It reads:
"At this location canal boats pulled by horses carried freight and passengers between Boston and the Merrimack River at Lowell before the days of railroads.
"The canal ran from Charlestown through what are now Somerville, Medford, Winchester, Woburn, Wilmington, Billerica, and Chelmsford to Lowell.
"The canal was just over 27 miles long. It was 20 ft. wide at the bottom, 30½ ft. wide at the surface, and 3½ ft. deep. There were 20 locks, 8 aqueducts, and 50 bridges."
A drawing of a boat (the "General Sullivan") and a map of the route of the canal through Wilmington are also present.
Agency Responsible for Placement: Middlesex Canal Commission
Year Placed: 1987
County: Middlesex
City/Town Name: Wilmington
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Not listed
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