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Lowell National Historical Park
Guided Tours & Programs
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Tours and Programs
| Schedule, September 2 - October 13
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Views of Lowell Trolley Tour
| 2:30pm Monday-Friday
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Pawtucket to the River Tour 1 Hr 45 min in length. Locking at Swamp Locks visits Francis Gate, goes to Lower Locks. Fee schedule.
| 11:00 am, 3:15 pm Saturday, Sunday & Columbus Day
| Mill and Canal Tour Explore the role of water in shaping Lowell's history while traveling by canal boat on the Merrimack River, the Pawtucket Canal and the Northern Canal. The tour is 2 HR 15 minutes
| 12:00 & 1:30pm Saturday, Sunday & Columbus Day
| *Urban Naturalist Series: - MAPP the Merrimack water testing program - Paddle trips with the Merrimack River Watershed Council
| September 24 @9:00am September 7 & October 7 both @ 9:00am
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*The Urban Naturalist programs hope to encourage our neighbors and visitors to get
out and enjoy the natural side of Lowell. We hope to share with our visitors both our knowledge
and our love of nature.
Participating
in the Urban Naturalist program series are: Community Greenhouse Gardens –
www.communitygardengreenhouse.org Friends
of the Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forrest – www.friendsoftheforest.org Lowell Cemetery – lowellcemetery.com Lowell National Historical
Park – www.nps.gov/lowe Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust –
www.lowelllandtrust.orgMassachusetts Audubon –
www.massaudubon.org Merrimack River Watershed Council –
www.mrwc.net Tsongas Industrial History
Center - www.uml.edu/tsongas Look
for more programs coming this summer and fall.
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Tours & Programs
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Schedule, August 24-September 1
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Pawtucket to the River Tours
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Daily, 11:00am & 3:15pm
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Mill and Canal Tour
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Daily, 12:00 & 1:30pm
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Evening River Cruise
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Thursday, August 28, 6:00pm
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Did You Know?
Protests came to Lowell in the mid-1830s. Mill management...twice reduced the take-home pay of women workers. Faced with growing inventories and falling prices, owners believed the only way to sustain profits was to cut labor costs. The mill workers were not willing to accept this logic.
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Last Updated: September 02, 2008 at 10:04 EST |