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Jonathan Warner (search for this): chapter 7
ese locks were of timber and plank construction, reinforced by heavy stone walls. The remains of the latter lock, slowly decaying for sixty years, were removed but a few years ago, when the extension of the parkway was made along the river's edge. That the branch canal was completed and in operation in 1807, is shown by Miss Wild in her excellent memorial of Benjamin Hall See register, Vol. III, p. 88. as follows: In two years (1807 to 1809) $256.98 were received for tolls. Jonathan Warner and John Jaquith were the keepers of the locks. The first dividend was declared in February, 1809—four dollars on a share of one hundred dollars. The Middlesex canal paid none till 1819 How long the branch maintained a separate corporate existence, or that it was merged with the other we may not say, but we know the time came when it shared in the decadence and final abandonment in 1852. From 1819 to 1835 were the palmy days of the canal. Those of the branch began earlier a
Abner Bartlett (search for this): chapter 7
6, 1807. Voted to allow Peter Tufts, Junior account $7.50 for surveying bason of canal Feb 10 1834 Voted That the Proprietors of the Medford Branch Canal & Locks be notified to remove the piece of timber from off the top of the bridge over the said canal in the middle of the said turnpike road, it being an inconvenience and an obstruction to the public travel on said turnpike road; also to make their bridge wider and repair the causeway on each side thereof according to law. Abner Bartlett, esquire, was then the clerk and his entry is followed by Seved a copy on Mr Stearns The piece of timber was evidently for the purpose of keeping passage to the right in either direction, and as this is the only allusion during the years, we may presume that the relations of each corporation were generally pleasant. Eighteen years later (1852), this canal ceased operation, but the turnpike continued a few years longer, only to succumb to the inevitable. Nothing romantic about it,
Caleb Eddy (search for this): chapter 7
ier), today called Mystic. Why essential? First, because the Middlesex canal (opened two years before) was a through line to Charles river and Boston. Contrary to original intent, it left Medford at one side with only a way station at the further end of its first level in a corner of the West End. There the original survey was commenced by Samuel Thompson of Woburn, who began his work and proceeded from Medford river near the location of the present lock. See Historical Sketch of Caleb Eddy, agent of canal, 1843. There, was to have been the southern terminal of the canal, and from there the tidal flow of the river made a continuous waterway through Medford to Boston harbor. At that identical spot this article is written. Second, because a new industry (perhaps unthought of at the inception of the canal) had arisen in Medford, i.e., ship-building. It was a long haul and a heavy one to transport ship timber up and down hill for two miles, as was the case of that coming
Luther Stearns (search for this): chapter 7
count $7.50 for surveying bason of canal Feb 10 1834 Voted That the Proprietors of the Medford Branch Canal & Locks be notified to remove the piece of timber from off the top of the bridge over the said canal in the middle of the said turnpike road, it being an inconvenience and an obstruction to the public travel on said turnpike road; also to make their bridge wider and repair the causeway on each side thereof according to law. Abner Bartlett, esquire, was then the clerk and his entry is followed by Seved a copy on Mr Stearns The piece of timber was evidently for the purpose of keeping passage to the right in either direction, and as this is the only allusion during the years, we may presume that the relations of each corporation were generally pleasant. Eighteen years later (1852), this canal ceased operation, but the turnpike continued a few years longer, only to succumb to the inevitable. Nothing romantic about it, purely utilitarian was the Medford branch canal.
1843 AD (search for this): chapter 7
. Why essential? First, because the Middlesex canal (opened two years before) was a through line to Charles river and Boston. Contrary to original intent, it left Medford at one side with only a way station at the further end of its first level in a corner of the West End. There the original survey was commenced by Samuel Thompson of Woburn, who began his work and proceeded from Medford river near the location of the present lock. See Historical Sketch of Caleb Eddy, agent of canal, 1843. There, was to have been the southern terminal of the canal, and from there the tidal flow of the river made a continuous waterway through Medford to Boston harbor. At that identical spot this article is written. Second, because a new industry (perhaps unthought of at the inception of the canal) had arisen in Medford, i.e., ship-building. It was a long haul and a heavy one to transport ship timber up and down hill for two miles, as was the case of that coming down from the north coun
February, 1809 AD (search for this): chapter 7
he latter lock, slowly decaying for sixty years, were removed but a few years ago, when the extension of the parkway was made along the river's edge. That the branch canal was completed and in operation in 1807, is shown by Miss Wild in her excellent memorial of Benjamin Hall See register, Vol. III, p. 88. as follows: In two years (1807 to 1809) $256.98 were received for tolls. Jonathan Warner and John Jaquith were the keepers of the locks. The first dividend was declared in February, 1809—four dollars on a share of one hundred dollars. The Middlesex canal paid none till 1819 How long the branch maintained a separate corporate existence, or that it was merged with the other we may not say, but we know the time came when it shared in the decadence and final abandonment in 1852. From 1819 to 1835 were the palmy days of the canal. Those of the branch began earlier and continued longer, as the bulk of its traffic was in ship-timber. It is unlikely that it diverted
1834 AD (search for this): chapter 7
other committee to attend the General Court and take means to prevent the said canal's passage through the turnpike, but not to appear with counsel. As Benjamin Hall was a prominent shareholder and corporator in all three enterprises, the above seems a little strange, but perhaps it was only a show of resistance. The turnpike records contain but two other allusions to the canal: July 6, 1807. Voted to allow Peter Tufts, Junior account $7.50 for surveying bason of canal Feb 10 1834 Voted That the Proprietors of the Medford Branch Canal & Locks be notified to remove the piece of timber from off the top of the bridge over the said canal in the middle of the said turnpike road, it being an inconvenience and an obstruction to the public travel on said turnpike road; also to make their bridge wider and repair the causeway on each side thereof according to law. Abner Bartlett, esquire, was then the clerk and his entry is followed by Seved a copy on Mr Stearns The
1835 AD (search for this): chapter 7
In two years (1807 to 1809) $256.98 were received for tolls. Jonathan Warner and John Jaquith were the keepers of the locks. The first dividend was declared in February, 1809—four dollars on a share of one hundred dollars. The Middlesex canal paid none till 1819 How long the branch maintained a separate corporate existence, or that it was merged with the other we may not say, but we know the time came when it shared in the decadence and final abandonment in 1852. From 1819 to 1835 were the palmy days of the canal. Those of the branch began earlier and continued longer, as the bulk of its traffic was in ship-timber. It is unlikely that it diverted any of the through to Boston shipments. How much of Medford's peculiar product was exported via the branch we may never know, but probably no inconsiderable amount. Near the basin was the Columbian Hotel, which though on the Post-road, shared in the general ruin, and was cut in two, moved and made into dwellings. Some f
1852 AD (search for this): chapter 7
. The Middlesex canal paid none till 1819 How long the branch maintained a separate corporate existence, or that it was merged with the other we may not say, but we know the time came when it shared in the decadence and final abandonment in 1852. From 1819 to 1835 were the palmy days of the canal. Those of the branch began earlier and continued longer, as the bulk of its traffic was in ship-timber. It is unlikely that it diverted any of the through to Boston shipments. How much of s followed by Seved a copy on Mr Stearns The piece of timber was evidently for the purpose of keeping passage to the right in either direction, and as this is the only allusion during the years, we may presume that the relations of each corporation were generally pleasant. Eighteen years later (1852), this canal ceased operation, but the turnpike continued a few years longer, only to succumb to the inevitable. Nothing romantic about it, purely utilitarian was the Medford branch canal.
1819 AD (search for this): chapter 7
07 to 1809) $256.98 were received for tolls. Jonathan Warner and John Jaquith were the keepers of the locks. The first dividend was declared in February, 1809—four dollars on a share of one hundred dollars. The Middlesex canal paid none till 1819 How long the branch maintained a separate corporate existence, or that it was merged with the other we may not say, but we know the time came when it shared in the decadence and final abandonment in 1852. From 1819 to 1835 were the palmy da1819 to 1835 were the palmy days of the canal. Those of the branch began earlier and continued longer, as the bulk of its traffic was in ship-timber. It is unlikely that it diverted any of the through to Boston shipments. How much of Medford's peculiar product was exported via the branch we may never know, but probably no inconsiderable amount. Near the basin was the Columbian Hotel, which though on the Post-road, shared in the general ruin, and was cut in two, moved and made into dwellings. Some factories were built,
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