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Grand Wenham Canal
The Salem Beverly Waterway Canal, sometimes called the Grand Wenham Canal, is an aqueduct canal in Topsfield, Massachusetts, Topsfield and Wenham, Massachusetts. It was never used to transport anything but water and recreational canoeists. The canal was built in 1917 to provide water for Beverly, Massachusetts and Salem, Massachusetts, and is owned with its adjacent land by the Salem-Beverly Water Commission. It was dredged and widened in 1974, with gravel roads built on each side of the canal. The canal carries water from the Ipswich River, Topsfield, Massachusetts, Topsfield, through the Wenham Swamp to Wenham, Massachusetts, Wenham. From there, a pipeline also constructed in 1917 carries it to Wenham Lake. History In 1911 the State Board of Health was directed by the General Court of Massachusetts to investigate the feasibility of diverting water from the Ipswich River to augment the dwindling water supply of the Salem-Beverly region. The resulting House Document No. 1652, Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Beverly Waterway Canal - USGS Map (1 July 1985)
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