page_title: Farmington Canal
section_title: Aqueduct
hierarchical_section_title: Farmington Canal / Aqueduct
caption_attribution_description: English: Remains of the Farmington Canal Aqueduct, over the Farmington River, in Farmington, Connecticut, USA. Officially opened in 1828; converted to railway in 1848. Aqueduct's pillars removed in 1956-58.
context_page_description: The Farmington Canal, also known as the New Haven and Northampton Canal, was a major private canal built in the early 19th century to provide water transportation from New Haven into the interior of Connecticut, Massachusetts and beyond. Its Massachusetts segment was known as the Hampshire and Hampden Canal. With the advent of railroads, it was quickly converted to a railroad in the mid-19th century and in recent years has been converted to a multi-use trail after being abandoned for years.
  The entire length of the canal right of way in Connecticut from Suffield to New Haven was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 under the name "Farmington Canal-New Haven and Northampton Canal". The 1984 NRHP nomination document provides a detailed history, and describes 45 separate bridges, aqueducts, weirs and other surviving features.
  The Farmington Canal Lock in Cheshire, Connecticut, and the Farmington Canal Lock No. 13 in Hamden, Connecticut were listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and 1982, respectively. Those are locks 12 and 13 out of 28 original locks on the canal.
context_section_description: The canal makers reached a problem at the "great level" (the level stretch of land between locks 8 and 9, which was the longest distance of the canal at the same water level; once the Farmington river was reached, the canal was about 50 feet above river level, and the canal and river could not merge, so the aqueduct was built. The 280-foot aqueduct was spanned with 7 arches, spaced 40 feet apart. The pillars that remained after the canal closed were noted as a state landmark in the 50s, but the 1955 flood damaged the pillars beyond repair, and they were removed in 1956-58. The aqueduct's remnants are now preserved as part of the Farmington Land Trust.
caption: Towpath of the Farmington Canal Aqueduct
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