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HB265971
View West, General View Of Dam, With Canal Spillway, West Abutment, And Gatehouse In Distance
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HB265972
View South, General View Showing Canal, Canal Spillway On Left, Drain Gate Gatehouse In Distance
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HB265973
View North, General View Showing Canal, Drain Gate Gatehouse On Right, Headgates And Gatehouse In Distance
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LocationWest bank of Shetucket River beginning opposite Se,
Norwich, CT
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CT-147
Significance: The canal and dam of the Norwich Water Power Company, incorporated in 1828, was one of the earliest water power engineering projects in Connecticut. The company sold water power to manufacturers who built mills on a strip of land between the canal and the river. The village of Greeneville grew up around the canal's industrial activity and remained one of Norwich's most populous neighborhoods will into the 20th century.
Subjects
Hydroelectric Power Plants
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW WEST, GENERAL VIEW OF DAM, WITH CANAL SPILLWAY, WEST ABUTMENT, AND GATEHOUSE IN DISTANCE
2. VIEW SOUTH, GENERAL VIEW SHOWING CANAL, CANAL SPILLWAY ON LEFT, DRAIN GATE GATEHOUSE IN DISTANCE
3. VIEW NORTH, GENERAL VIEW SHOWING CANAL, DRAIN GATE GATEHOUSE ON RIGHT, HEADGATES AND GATEHOUSE IN DISTANCE
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