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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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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
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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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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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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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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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474:: Information about events and venues around Blackstone Canal
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Blackstone Canal, Albion vicinity, Providence County, RI
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1814:Salem Beverly Waterway Canal
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83:Worcester, Massachusetts
79:Providence, Rhode Island
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2009:Great Sandy Bottom Pond
1979:Chestnut Hill Reservoir
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1989:Fisher Hill Reservoir
1944:Aaron River Reservoir
1923:Little Quittacas Pond
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