19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Massachusetts

 

 

Boston Mill Pond Company (Mill Creek Canal)

 

A Topological and Historical Description of Boston - 1871
A brief history of the mill pond and canal is on page 111.

 

Boston Stone
Includes a brief description of the canal.

 

Boston's Forgotten Canal
A brief account of the almost forgotten canal that bisected the Shawmut Peninsula and connected the Middlesex Canal with the Boston waterfront.
 

Boston’s Mill Pond

Includes a brief history and description of the canal.


Causeway Street: Where Did the Water Go?
Includes a brief description of the canal.

 

Curiosities of History: Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880
A brief description is on page 20.

 

Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 4 – 1895
A brief history and description is on page 102.

 

Laws of the Commonwealth of  Massachusetts, Volume 6 – 1815

The Act establishing the Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation, which included the canal, begins on page 520.

 

Manuscript plan of the Bulfinch Triangle, Boston, MA – 1807
Includes the route of the canal.

 

Middlesex Canal Facts
Reference is made to the Mill Pond Canal in this article from "Towpath Topics".
 

Mill Creek Canal
A brief history and description of the canal.

 

Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston – 1873
A brief history and description of the canal is on page 152.

 

The Canal That Bisected Boston
A brief history of the canal, including details of the Charlestown terminus of the Middlesex Canal and how boats were transferred across the Charles River to the Mill Pond Canal. Illustrations and historical maps.
 

The Incredible Ditch: A Bicentennial History of the Middlesex Canal
A brief desctiption is on page 95.

 

Rev. May, 2023