Proprietors of Locks and Canals Photo Collection

Proprietors of Locks and Canals workers excavating ledge from the riverbed where the Concord River meets the Merrimack River.

NPS/Proprietors of Locks and Canals

 

The Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River (PLC) used photography to document their projects and properties from the 1870s to the 1950s. For most of the photos, the PLC hired local photographers, but the records rarely identify the photographer of each photo. Of the thousands of photos in the collection, none specifically show the photographers. Except this one. (Note the shadow at lower left.)

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