A British-owned company chartered in 1791 to make the Connecticut River navigable at this place spent 10 years building 9 locks and a dam around the Great Falls, which were 52 feet high. After the railroad arrived in 1849, river traffic declined and the canal was used only for water power.

Photo: Don Morfe

Photo: Don Morfe

Photo: Don Morfe

Photo: Don Morfe

Photo: Don Morfe

North Walpole, New Hampshire · USA