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Title:
  • Blackstone Canal preservation study : Providence, Pawtucket, Lincoln, Woonsocket and North Smithfield, Rhode Island : prepared for Preserve Rhode Island [and] John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission / prepared by VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Call No:
  • F87.B52
  • V35 2010
Summary note:
  • Goals of the study are "to facilitate a better understanding of the character and condition of the extant segments of the Blackstone Canal in Rhode Island; to assess opportunities for preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the Canal and its history; and to recommend key projects for such action."
Source of Acquisition:
  • Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission;
  • Gift;
  • 10 Sept 2010;
  • 2010.71.1.
Subjects:
Imprint Place:
  • Watertown, Mass. :
Publisher/Printer:
  • Vanasse Hangen Brustlin,
Imprint Date:
  • 2010.
Physical Description:
  • ix, 60, 3, [60], 51, [4] leaves, [22] folded plates :
  • ill., maps, 22 folded photos ;
  • 28 cm.
Accession No:
  • 2010.71.1.
Provenance:
  • Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission;
Notes:
  • "August 2010."
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Executive summary -- Introduction -- Resource inventory and existing conditions -- Recommendations -- Appendix A: Blackstone Canal in Rhode Island -- Appendix B: January 2009 public workshop notes -- Appendix C: Key Canal ventures -- Appendix D: Conceptual cost estimates -- Appendix E: Secretary of the Interior's standards for the rehabilitation and restoration of historic properties -- Appendix F: Blackstone Canal national register nomination -- Appendix G: 2003 Blackstone Canal Assessment Study (Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc.) -- Appendix H: List of locks on the Blackstone Canal in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
  • Goals of the study are "to facilitate a better understanding of the character and condition of the extant segments of the Blackstone Canal in Rhode Island; to assess opportunities for preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the Canal and its history; and to recommend key projects for such action."
Location:
  • Closed Stacks
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