Lock of the Middlesex Canal at Talbot Mills, North Billerica, Billerica, Massachusetts, H-1242

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1912-09-11

GUSN

GUSN-378905

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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
Negatives
Massachusetts
Billerica
Lock of the Middlesex Canal at Talbot Mills, North Billerica, Billerica, Massachusetts, H-1242
(current record)

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Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
- Negatives
  - Massachusetts
    - Billerica
      - Exterior view of the Samuel Manning House, Billerica, Massachusetts, H-1241a
      - Exterior view of the Samuel Manning House, Billerica, Massachusetts, H-1241b
      - Exterior view of the Samuel Manning House, Billerica, Massachusetts, H-1241c
      - Exterior view of the Samuel Manning House, Billerica, Massachusetts, H-1241d
      - Lock of the Middlesex Canal at Talbot Mills, North Billerica, Billerica, Massachusetts, H-1242 (current record)

Description

The image shows a lock of the Middlesex Canal near Talbot Mills in North Billerica, Massachusetts. Visible are stone walls of the canal lock, with a bridge spanning across. Adjacent to the lock, there are brick mill buildings with multiple windows and a ladder leaning against one of them. There is vegetation both in the foreground and hanging over part of the lock.

Details

Descriptive Terms

canals
locks (hydraulic structures)
mills (buildings)
industrial buildings
exterior views
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008443
Halliday negative H-1242

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.009.H-1242

Places

North Billerica (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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