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    The Blackstone Canal was a waterway linking Worcester, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island (and Narragansett Bay) through the Blackstone Valley...
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    The Blackstone Valley or Blackstone River Valley is a region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It was a major factor in the American Industrial Revolution...
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    Heritage River in 1998. Canal System: To further facilitate industrial growth and transportation in the region, the Blackstone Canal was constructed in the...
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    The Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park is a part of the state park system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, managed by the Massachusetts...
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    Worcester developed as an industrial city in the 19th century due to the Blackstone Canal and rail transport, producing machinery, textiles and wire. Large numbers...
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    company's buildings which stand at the southern entrance to the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park. The mill is an important footnote in the...
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    Road's Blackstone River bridge in 1709. "Teamsters" drove horse "team" freight wagons on the Worcester-Providence stage route. The Blackstone Canal brought...
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    started becoming seriously competitive in price and convenience. The Blackstone Canal (finished in 1828) in Massachusetts and Rhode Island fulfilled a similar...
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    The subsequent construction of the Blackstone Canal, a few years after the successful completion of the Erie Canal, helped to sustain the region's industrial...
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  • Industrial growth was driven by location, abundant water power, and the Blackstone Canal. Innovators left their mark on America's textile industry. It offers...
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    House, kodak.com Lewis, Edward A. (1973). The Blackstone Valley Line: The Story of the Blackstone Canal Company and the Providence & Worcester Railroad...
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    "NRHP nomination for Blackstone Canal Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved October 27, 2017. "Blackstone Valley, New England's...
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    Island Historical Society) River Bend Farm Visitor Center at Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, Uxbridge, Massachusetts (operated by Massachusetts...
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    and Blackstone. The path roughly parallels the right-of-way of the active Providence & Worcester Railroad and its predecessor, the Blackstone Canal, running...
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    Millville is in the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and has a well-preserved lock which was used on the Blackstone Canal in the early 19th...
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  • of Massachusetts Route 122, and are listed below. One listing, the Blackstone Canal Historic District, overlaps into other parts of the city. Another listing...
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  • one of the 1767 Milestones is located in eastern Worcester, and the Blackstone Canal Historic District traverses all three sections of the city. Map all...
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  • the 1767 Milestones is located in northwestern Worcester, and the Blackstone Canal Historic District traverses all three sections of the city. Map all...
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    Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist, justice and Tory politician most noted for his Commentaries on the Laws...
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    The Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway in Massachusetts connecting Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south, and is part of the Atlantic...
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    County are included on multiple area lists: Blackstone Canal (all three sections of Worcester) Blackstone Canal Historic District (Uxbridge and other Worcester...
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    Worcester Railroad. The company bought the Blackstone Canal and began construction, partly on its banks, in 1845. The canal was shut down in 1848, shortly after...
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    Madera Canal Orland South Canal Orland North Canal Pioneer Canal Putah South Canal Stine Canal Tehama Colusa Canal Hillsboro Canal Miami Canal North New...
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  • Blackstone Canal Historic District...
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    the Blackstone River and Providence and Worcester Railroad. These are the two Factory Pond Bridges, the northern Canal Street Bridge, a Blackstone River...
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    holdings in real estate. Blackstone, Massachusetts Blackstone River Blackstone Canal Blackstone Street in Boston Blackstone Boulevard, Providence In 2021...
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  • Milestones are found in the northwestern and eastern sections, and the Blackstone Canal Historic District extends through all three sections.           This...
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  • Village was founded 1815 by General Edward Carrington, a creator of the Blackstone Canal. Carrington built a textile mill near Hamlet Avenue and Davidson Street...
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    Road, which are now separated from the mill site by a section of the Blackstone Canal. The only structure near the mill site is the Kelly House, built in...
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    of Waterford. It runs from the Blackstone River in the east to a still-watered section of the defunct Blackstone Canal to the west. The most prominent...
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