Waterpower in Lowell : engineering and industry in nineteenth-century America /
Malone, Patrick M.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Harnessing the Merrimack River -- Building a city at the falls, 1821-1836 -- Expanding the waterpower, 1836-1847 -- Testing the waters : scientific engineering in Lowell -- Protecting the people and the profits, 1847-1865 -- Controlling the system, 1865-1885.
Water-power
Hydraulic engineering
Industries