Bellows Falls Canal - Bellows Falls VT
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nomadwillie
N 43° 08.030 W 072° 26.563
18T E 707991 N 4778851
Located on Bridge Street in Bellows Falls.
Waymark Code: WMDXBN
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2012
Views: 7
Marker reads:
Bellows Falls Canal
Here first Canal in United States was built in 1807
The British-owned Company, which was chartered to render the Conn. River navigable here in 1791, was 10 years building the 9 locks and dam around the Great Falls, 52 ft. high. After the railroad came in 1849, river traffic declined and the canal was used for water power onlyl.
Marker Name: Bellows Falls Canal
Location: Bellows Falls
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