Rev. 01-08

New Hampshire

Blodget (Amoskeag) Canal

Amoskeag Falls
A history of Amoskeag Falls and the surrounding area, including the role of the Blodget Canal.

Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
History of the company, including the role of the canal in its development. Historical illustrations.

Amoskeag Mills - The First Hundred Years
A brief history of the Mills, the largest textile manufacturing facility in the world, powered by the canal.

Amoskeag Millyard
Description of the design of the mills, including photos taken before demolition of the mills and canals.

Blodget Canal
A biography of Samual Blodget and his canal project around the Amoskeag Falls

Blodget Canal Company Stock
Photo of a 1799 Blodget Canal stock certificate.

Blodget Canal History
Excerpt from the History of Hillsborough County.

Greater Manchester Regional Overview/History
A brief history of the city, including the role of the mills in its development.

Hon. Samuel Blodget/Blodget Canal
Biography of Samual Blodget and history of the canal. The history continues on following page.

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

Manchester: New Hampshire's Queen City
A brief history of the city. Historical photo.

NH Historical Markers
Description of the Amoskeag Mills site.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Bow

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

Roads, Bridges and Canals, Manchester, N.H. History
Descriptions of the canals and supporting structures built upstream and downstream of the Blodget (Amoskeog) Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Coha's Falls

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Cromwell's Falls

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Goff's Falls

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Griffin's Falls

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Hookset Falls

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Merrill's Falls

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

Roads, Bridges and Canals, Manchester, N.H. History
Descriptions of the canals and supporting structures built upstream and downstream of the Blodget (Amoskeog) Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Mine's Falls

1886 Mines Falls Gatehouse
Description and current photo of the gatehouse, controlling water entering the power canal of the former Nashua Manufacturing Company.

Mine Falls Park
A brief history of the falls.

Moore's Falls

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Piscataquag

Roads, Bridges and Canals, Manchester, N.H. History
Descriptions of the canals and supporting structures built upstream and downstream of the Blodget (Amoskeog) Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Sewall's Falls

Sewall's Falls Locks and Canals
History and description of the canal.

The History of Concord, N.H.
A brief article about an 1835 failed attempt to build the canal.

Short's Falls

Locks And Canals Of The Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Union Locks & Canal Company

Roads, Bridges and Canals, Manchester, N.H. History
Descriptions of the canals and supporting structures built upstream and downstream of the Blodget (Amoskeog) Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

General

History of Manchester, New Hampshire-Union Canal
A summary of the canals constructed upstream of the Middlesex Canal, with particular focus on the Union Canal at Manchester.

Locks and Canals of the Merrimack River
An overview of the eleven canals built between 1809 and 1817 along the river, as extensions of the Middlesex Canal.

NH Historical Markers: NH Canal System
Description of the New Hampshire Canal System historical marker.

Roads, Bridges and Canals, Manchester, N.H. History
Descriptions of the canals and supporting structures built upstream and downstream of the Blodget (Amoskeog) Canal.

The Merrimack River Canals
A description of the canal system.

Transportation Canals of Eastern Mass. and South Central NH: A Different Perspective
Article about the role of this canal network in the industrialzation of New England and the development of other canals, including the Erie.