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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 23., More about the turnpike (search)
Medford Branch canal.
ON May 16, 1805, the Massachusetts Legislature passed
An act to incorporate Benjamin Hall, Esquire and others, by the Name of Proprietors of the Medford Branch Canal and Locks between the Middlesex Canal and Mystic River, and easterly of the Post Road leading from Charlestown to Medford.
A bibliography of that old Middlesex canal would be of much interest as, judging by the articles (often illustrated) that have appeared in the weekly issues of Boston papers, there is a fascination connected therewith.
The writer confesses to having come under its spell, and derived much pleasure and satisfaction therefrom, even though it entailed much study, work and travel.
Some years since he was rallied a little for his neglect of the present subject, having only made the briefest mention thereof.
Search in his own collection of the work of various writers, fails to reveal more attention paid by them to this branch canal.
The recent acquisition by the Histori