Special Topics: Engineering Boston

Links to historic canals and canal societies.

This travel guide to the city offers some information on Boston's early canals.

The official website of the Cape Cod Canal includes the history and historical photos of the canal and its construction.

Published while work on the Canal was in progress, this book is illustrated with photos of the Canal's construction.

This bid request document list the materials and quantities required to build the Charles River Dam and Lock.

Information on the course of the canal, its construction, and its importance as a conveyor of Concord River water for Boston.

Offers b&w photos of historic bridges and, occasionally, plans of especially famous structures.

Organization dedicated to the history and preservation of the Middlesex Canal which linked Boston and Lowell from 1803-1851.

Links to canals websites in the US and Canada.