Great Stone Dam
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The Great Stone Dam is a historic 19th-century granite dam in Lawrence, Massachusetts, built to harness the Merrimack River for industrial waterpower and central to the city’s mill-era development.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
granite dam
ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ historic structure ⓘ industrial heritage site ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | 19th-century industrial engineering ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lawrence textile mills
ⓘ
Merrimack Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Merrimack Valley industrial corridor
|
| associatedWithIndustry |
other water-powered mills
ⓘ
paper manufacturing ⓘ textile manufacturing ⓘ |
| builtFor | Essex Company ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1848 ⓘ |
| constructionTechnique | cut-stone masonry ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crosses | Merrimack River ⓘ |
| era |
Industrial Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
American Industrial Revolution
|
| feeds |
North Canal (Lawrence, Massachusetts)
ⓘ
North Canal (Lawrence, Massachusetts) ⓘ
surface form:
South Canal (Lawrence, Massachusetts)
|
| function |
impoundment of Merrimack River
ⓘ
regulation of water flow to power canals ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | preserved as a historic engineering work ⓘ |
| historicalRole | enabled planned industrial city model in Lawrence ⓘ |
| inception | 1840s ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway | Merrimack River ⓘ |
| location | Lawrence, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | granite ⓘ |
| near | Lawrence city center ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in canal-based power distribution system in Lawrence
ⓘ
scale of 19th-century stone dam construction ⓘ |
| owner |
Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Lawrence (historically via Essex Company and successors)
|
| partOf | Lawrence industrial historic landscape ⓘ |
| purpose |
hydropower generation
ⓘ
industrial waterpower ⓘ |
| region | Essex County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| significance |
central to the mill-era development of Lawrence
ⓘ
one of the earliest large-scale granite dams in the United States ⓘ |
| significantEvent | development of Lawrence as a planned industrial city ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| tourism | local historic attraction ⓘ |
| usedFor | powering mill complexes along the Merrimack River ⓘ |
| watercourse | Merrimack River ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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