19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Rhode Island

 

 

Blackstone Canal

also see Massachusetts 

3 Former Locks, Lincoln, R.I.
A brief history and description of the structures.

 

Blackstone River Valley – 2011
Includes a history of the canal.

 

Digital Public Library of America
Links to historical documents.

 

History of the Blackstone Canal, 1828-1848
An article begins on page 3 of the American Canal Society newsletter.

 

Manville Locks #11-13
A brief history and description of the structures.

 

Natural Run and Artificial Falls: Waterpower and the Blackstone Canal
An article about the canal begins on page 20 of the Rhode Island Historical Society Journal No. 49, under the Publications Section.

 

One Hundred Fifty Years of the Providence Washington Insurance Company – 1949
A history of the canal in Rhode Island begins on page 59.

 

Rhode Island Historical Society collections. vol.15-16, 1923
A brief reference to purchase of water rights by the canal company is on page 81.

 

The transformation of Rhode Island, 1790-1860
A history of the canal begins on page 171.

 

Rev. February, 2025