Newichawannock Canal

Great Falls Company Newichawannock Canal Historic District
Location Wakefield, New Hampshire and Acton, Maine
Coordinates 43°34′10″N 70°58′16″W / 43.56944°N 70.97111°WCoordinates: 43°34′10″N 70°58′16″W / 43.56944°N 70.97111°W
Built c. 1850
NRHP Reference #

14000460

[1]
Added to NRHP August 6, 2014

The Newichawannock Canal is a man-made canal which drains Great East Lake into Horn Pond at the border between Wakefield, New Hampshire, and Acton, Maine, in the northeastern United States. Begun in 1850 by the Great Falls Company, the 0.75-mile (1.21 km) canal was not completed until the 1860s due in part to the American Civil War. The canal is 13 feet (4.0 m) wide and about 16 feet (4.9 m) deep, and is lined with unmortared stone. An unmortared stone-arch bridge, built at the same time, carries Canal Road over the waterway. The canal forms the boundary between the states of New Hampshire and Maine.[2]

The canal and bridge were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Canal, bridge could make the National Register". Fosters.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  3. ↑ "Weekly Actions, 8/04/14 through 8/08/14". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-08-23.