Sources

Maps​

Carl Walter's Map of the Farmington Canal (2016)

Carl Walter's Map of the Hampshire & Hampden Canal (2006)

Henry Farnam's Map of the Farmington Canal (1828)

Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey for the Hampshire & Hampden Canal (2023) (160MB PDF)

Data​

• Connecticut Lidar Data (2023)
• Massachusetts Lidar Data (2021)
• Connecticut Aerial Photography (1934)

Further Reading​

• Raber, M. S. 2002. "Survey and Inventory of the Hampshire and Hampden Canal (New Haven and Northampton Canal)."
• Camposeo, J. M. 1977. "The History of the Canal System between New Haven and Northampton (1822-1847)." Historical Journal of Western Massachusetts.
• McMahon, F. B. 1950s. "Canal Traffic."
• Connecticut WPA Writers' Project. 1941. Boats Across New England Hills: The Story of the Farmington Canal.
• Harte, C. R. 1938. Connecticut's Canals. (excerpt)
• Harte, C. R. 1933. "Some Engineering Features of the Old Northampton Canal."
• Gay, J. 1929. Farmington Papers. (excerpt)
• Farnam, H. W. 1889. Henry Farnam.
• An Account of the Farmington Canal Company: Of the Hampshire and Hampden Canal Company; and of the New Haven and Northampton Company, Till the Suspension of Its Canals in 1847. 1850.

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