. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. autiful picturebefore us.* From the heights of Centralville, on the left bank ofthe river, as from those of Belvidere on the right bank, the wholepanorama of the city, the long curving line of the Merrimack, thesurrounding country, the distant peaks of Wachusett and the NewHampshire mountains, come grandly into view. These eminencesafford admirable sites for the handsome residences which are moreand more occupying them. The Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack Biver, * Hon. Charles Cowley, historian of Lowel
. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts : with numerous illustrations. autiful picturebefore us.* From the heights of Centralville, on the left bank ofthe river, as from those of Belvidere on the right bank, the wholepanorama of the city, the long curving line of the Merrimack, thesurrounding country, the distant peaks of Wachusett and the NewHampshire mountains, come grandly into view. These eminencesafford admirable sites for the handsome residences which are moreand more occupying them. The Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack Biver, * Hon. Charles Cowley, historian of Lowell. LOWELL. 423 incorporated in 1792 for the purpose of cutting a canal for boatsaround the then unimproved Pawtucket Palls, have possession of theprincipal water-privileges of the city. This company constructed acanal on the right bank of the river, sixty feet wide, and extendingfrom above the falls about a mile and a half to the mouth of theConcord River; and this, with the lateral canals, supplies the variousestablishments erected between them and the Merrimack LADD AND WHITNEY MONUMENT, LOWELL. The maximum force is about 15,000 horse-power; but only 10,000 isleased, — allowing a safe margin of variation at all periods and sea-sons. By the limpid flow of this noble stream, under the guidanceof well-trained brain and hand, this place has, within the memory ofliving men, arisen from half a dozen farm-houses to a city of nearly70,000 people. It has at present 7 establishments (many with sev-eral buildings each) making cotton cloths, 10 making prints, 4 making 424 GAZETTEEB OF MASSACHUSETTS. hosiery, 8 making woollen goods, 3 making carpetings, 1 makingrubber goods, and a large number making boilers, machinery, imple-ments and tools. The number of persons employed by the differentestablishments varies greatly, reaching 2,500 in one instance—thatof the Merrimack Manufacturing Company (incorporated in 1822 —and making plain cotton and prints) ; and there are several e
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