Sunday, January 27, 2008
Shawsheen Aquaduct, Middlesex Canal
Since we moved to our current residence at the end of August we drive by this old bridge several times a week. I have wanted to take a picture of it, but never stopped to do it. Today there were no cars behind us when we approached it so my husband pulled over so I could get a couple of pictures. I think I is really neat. Of course I needed to know what it was before I showed it to you, so I looked it up.
This canal was created in the early 1800's. It ran about 27 miles from Boston to Lowell Massachusetts. It was operational for 50 years. It was considered a "superhighway" in its day.
There is a museum near here that is open April - September, I think we will visit this spring. For more information on the canal try the following links.
http://www.middlesexcanal.org/
http://www.wallpaperhistory.org/resources/articles/pdf156.pdf
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Beautiful picture. It looks like something from Narnia. You have a lot of snow! We have none here in the midwest.
I think it would be really neat to get a picture of that same scene each season.
How beautiful! It looks so cold there.LOL We think it's cold when it's 50.
What gorgeous pictures! Today I wokeup to take the kids to school and the temp was a cold 38 degrees . that's cold for us Floridians!
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