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unmortared stone-arch bridge, built at the same time, carries Canal Road over the waterway. Also located in the area are piles of stone, apparently left over from the canal construction, and a second canal that lies submerged in Great East Lake. Horn Pond is the source of the Salmon Falls River, a tributary of the
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The
Newichawannock Canal is located between Great East Lake to the north and Horn Pond to the south, on the southern portion of the north–south border between Maine and New Hampshire. The canal is 13 feet (4.0 m) wide and about 16 feet (4.9 m) deep, and is lined with unmortared stone. An
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Company Town: Architecture and Society in the Early Industrial Age
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