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Bird's eye view of the city
of Holyoke, and village of South Hadley Falls, Mass.
looking north 1881
Includes a view of the canal.
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Boating Days at South Hadley Falls
A brief history of the canal,
including boating operations. Historical photos.
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Canal Historic Marker and Other
Pictures
A brief history of the canal, along
with histories of other canals claiming to be the
oldest in the U.S. Links to related sites.
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Canals for a Nation
A brief description of the canal is on page 9.
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Congressional
Serial Set - 1831
A brief history of the canal begins on page 97;
tolls on the canal are on page 99; statistics on
the amount of trade carried is on page 122.
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Canals of the Connecticut River
A brief history of the canal.
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First Steamboat Passes Through South
Hadley Falls Canal
A brief history of the canal.
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Flatboat used in South Hadley
Canal
An illustration of one of the flatboats typically
used on the canal and river.
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Goods for Sale:
Products and Advertising in the Massachusetts
Industrial Age
A brief history of the
effect of the canal on the economy of the city is on
page 169.
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Historic Hadley: a
Story of the Making of a Famous Massachusetts Town
1906
A brief history of the canal
begins on page 109.
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Historic New England
Infrastructure: South Hadley Canal 
A brief history and description of
the canal.
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History of Hadley: Including
the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst
and Granby, Massachusetts - 1863
A brief history of the
canal begins on page 406.
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History of Northampton,
Massachusetts - 1902
A brief history of the canal.
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History of the Town of
Rockingham, Vermont 1907
The seal of the canal company is shown on page 289.
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History of Western
Massachusetts 1885
A brief history of the canal begins on page 303.
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In
Old South Hadley - 1912
A brief history of the canal begins on page 201.
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Inclined Plane used in S.
Hadley Canal
An illustration of the inclined plane system.
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Peske-Ompsk-Ut; Or, The Falls
Fight 1875
A series of sketches relating to the history of the
falls, including the canal. A description of
the inclined plane is on page 19
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Proceedings of the Vermont
Historical Society 1918
A brief history of the canal begins on page 74.
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Rag
Paper Manufacture in the United States,
1801-1900
A brief history of South
Hadley's paper manufacturing business begins on page 21.
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Reasonable
Use : The People, the Environment, and the
State, New England 1790-1930
A brief history of the canal begins on page 28.
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Report
of the President and Directors of the
Connecticut River Company 1826
A contemporary description of the canal and proposed
improvements is on page 26.
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South Hadley
An introduction to the history of the city, including
reference to the canal, is on page 7.
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South Hadley Canal
A brief history and description of
the canal. Historical map.
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South Hadley Falls Canal
A brief description and history of the canal.
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South Hadley Falls Canal #2
A brief history of the canal.
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South Hadley Inclined Plane
An article begins on page 7 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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South Hadley Massachusetts,
1890
A description of the city, including the canal.
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The Greate Falls of South
Hadley video
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The New England Magazine,
Volume 17 1898
A brief history and description of the canal is on page
731.
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The Northern Traveler 1834
A brief description of the canal is on page 235.
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The Travelers Account,
Timothy Dwight, 1823
A contemporary description of the canal.
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This American River:
Five Centuries of Writing About the Connecticut
A brief history of the canal
begins on page 99.
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Vermont History - 1918
A brief history of the canal begins on page 74.
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Yankee
Science in the Making
A brief history and description of the canal begins
on page 159.
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