Title
Nineteenth-Century Hydropower: Design and Construction of Lawrence Dam, 1845-1848
Subtitle
Winterthur Portfolio Vol 15, No. 4, Winter 1980. Reprinted for private circulation.
Title (generic)
Manuscript
Nineteenth-Century Hydropower: Design and Construction of Lawrence Dam, 1845-1848. Reprint of article from the Winterthur Portfolio, Vol. 15, No.4, Winter 1980. Article includes background regarding dam construction, Hydropower, description of the Merrimack River and its potential. Sections include: the Engineers; Theories of Dam Design in 1845; Existing Dams in 1845; Design of Lawrence Dam; Construction of Lawrence Dam; Lawrence Dam since 1848; Impact of Lawrence Dam on Other Weirs; Illustrations; Footnotes.
publication place: Wilmington, DE
Publisher
The Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum
Sub Author
Peter M. Molly is director, Western Museum of Mining and Industry, Colorado Springs, CO ( 1980)
Event
Construction of Lawrence Dam, 1845-1848
Article was a gift of Edward Harley of the Lowell Historical Society to the AOH Irish Library in Lawrence. David Burke of the Irish library donated this copy to LHC.