Middlesex Canal Walking Tour

150 Staniford St. Suite 7,Boston MA 02114

26 June, 2021

Description

Museum Board member and history buff Bill Kuttner leads this 3-mile tour along the old Middlesex Canal. Authorized by Gov. John Hancock in 1793, the Middlesex Canal was the greatest public works project of its time, linking the Merrimack River in Lowell to Boston Harbor and transforming the economy of post-Revolutionary Massachusetts. Long before the railroads, the canal enabled efficient transport of raw materials for use by Boston’s growing population and manufactured goods for export to Europe. Even the granite used to build Massachusetts General Hospital and the grand mansions of Beacon Hill came down the canal. Photo credit: US National Parks Service 150 Staniford St., Suite 7, Boston, MA 02114 The West End Museum is a neighborhood museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and interpretation of the history and culture of the West End of Boston.