Sources

Explore the maps, reports, and histories behind the canal map.

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)

Data

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

Further Reading

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

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