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commercial interests succeeded in stalling the project for several years. Finally, in 1823, the Blackstone Canal Company was organized through an act of the Massachusetts legislature, with a Rhode Island company soon following. The canal's construction may have been motivated by competition among rival industrialists to curtail "
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Since the canal's closure, parts of its watercourse were filled and other segments are now heavily overgrown with brush and trees. Other sections were converted to hydraulic canals for textile mills. Much of the lock masonry was sold for other purposes. Its remains, however, are still visible in many
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The canal followed the course of Mill Creek from the center of Worcester, MA to the southern part of that community. It then followed the Blackstone River downstream to Ashton, RI. At Ashton, it paralleled the river's west bank, maintaining elevation until it entered Cranberry and Scotts Ponds on the
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The canal was 35 feet or more in width. It ascended 451 feet, passing through an original 49 locks. The canal used "slack-water" to bypass narrow valley areas and intersected the Blackstone River 16 times over its 45-mile course. It ran in the river itself for 10% of its length. These portions proved
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arrived in Worcester, the first vessel to make the trip. The canal brought immediate prosperity to Worcester and the Valley; farmers' profits increased and mills were built, especially in Worcester. Using water to transport goods was a great improvement over the rough roads of the era. At the time of
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The Blackstone Canal is historically significant as a transportation network arising from a canal-building frenzy of the early 19th-century. The canal played a key role in stimulating the industry between Providence and Worcester and the towns and villages along the Moshassuck and Blackstone Rivers.
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and Worcester County. The people of Worcester and the Blackstone Valley, eager for transport that would enable them to get better prices for their produce, welcomed the plan. However, since the trade of central Massachusetts was at that time going overland through the port of Boston, Massachusetts
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Each lock was 70 feet long by 10 feet wide and apparently 4–4.5 feet deep. All, except the wooden tide lock at Providence, were built of granite on a wooden foundation. The average lift of each lock was 9.2 feet, but there were variations.
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Though its useful service life was just twenty years long, the canal and the parks incorporating the canal are "visible and tangible parts of the city's and the state's history of growth, planning, commercial ambition and prosperity".
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It was a two-day trip for the canal boats from Worcester to Providence and another two-day trip to return to Worcester. The overnight stopping point was in
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troublesome since in summer, water was sometimes too low for navigation. In other periods, flooding was the problem. Winter added ice to the issues.
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was listed in 1973; this listing was expanded in 1995 to encompass the entire historic footprint of the canal in Massachusetts. A section of the
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The initiative for the canal came from Providence, where a merchant community wished to profit from trade with the farming country of the
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Blackstone Canal, Canal Tender's House, Blackstone River, Washington Highway Vicinity, Ashton vicinity, Providence County, RI
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Construction began in 1825 and cost $ 750,000 (twice its initial estimate). The canal opened on October 7, 1828, when the
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in the early 19th century. Construction started in 1825, and the canal opened three years later. After the opening of the
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Blackstone Canal, Charles & Randall Streets, Canal & Haymarket Streets, Providence, Providence County, RI
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Blackstone Canal, Blackstone River & Washington Highway (Quinnville), Ashton vicinity, Providence County, RI
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Blackstone Canal Worcester-Millbury Segment, Eastern bank of Blackstone River, Millbury, Worcester County, MA
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Blackstone Canal, Front Street & Lonsdale Avenue (Lonsdale), Lonsdale vicinity, Providence County, RI
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follows the original canal towpath with the river on one side of the riders and the canal on the other.
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Blackstone Canal Millbury Segment, State Route 146 & McCracken Road, Millbury, Worcester County, MA
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locations. About 85% of the canal remains. Two long sections of the canal exist in the
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Muir, Diana, Reflections in Bullough's Pond, University Press of New England, p.112
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island
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its construction, it represented the best available transportation technology.
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Blackstone Canal Lock No. 24, East of MA 122, Millville, Worcester County, MA
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Transportation buildings and structures in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Transportation buildings and structures in Providence County, Rhode Island
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island
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National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island
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Blackstone Canal, State Route 126, Central Falls, Providence County, RI
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Teachushistory.org|Blackstone Canal-artery-heart of the Commonwealth
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Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
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National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts
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Blackstone Canal, Pawtucket vicinity, Providence County, RI
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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in Rhode Island. Other sections are also publicly owned.
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Blackstone Canal, Albion vicinity, Providence County, RI
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Historic American Engineering Record in Massachusetts
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Historic American Engineering Record in Rhode Island
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The canal is the subject of several listings on the
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Index

U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Providence, Rhode Island
Worcester, Massachusetts
71000030
Worcester, Massachusetts
Providence, Rhode Island
canals
Boston and Providence Railroad
Providence and Worcester Railroad
National Register of Historic Places
Blackstone Valley
water rights
packet boat
Uxbridge
Providence and Worcester Railroad
Benjamin Wright
Erie Canal
Moshassuck River

Millville, Massachusetts
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park
Blackstone River State Park
National Register of Historic Places
Lincoln, Rhode Island
Uxbridge
Northbridge, Massachusetts
Blackstone River Bikeway

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