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Sections of the Middlesex Canal, 1830

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1830-07

Location Note

Vertical file 3, drawer 8, folder 1

GUSN

GUSN-250986

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Description

Nine sections of different areas of the Middlesex Canal: at the Mystic Pond, Long Swamp, Buxton's Bridge, Huffmaster's Bridge, Town Meadows, Wright's Bridge, Baldwin Meadows, Maple Meadows, Brown's Foot Bridge. Done for L. Baldwin, Esq. Civil Engineer.

Details

Descriptive Terms

canals
bridges (built works)
swamps
ponds (water)
meadows
sections (orthographic projections)

Physical Description

1 plan

Collection Code

AR001

Collection Name

General architectural and cartographic collection

Reference Code

AR001.PLOT.042

Image Dimensions

10 x 13.5 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Mystic Pond (Essex county, Massachusetts) [lake]
Long Swamp (Massachusetts) [swamp]

Record Details

Material Type

sections (orthographic projections)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 3, drawer 8, folder 1

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