Front and South St. and CT River, Holyoke, Massachusetts. County/parish: Hampden.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 03, 1980. NRIS 80000473.
1 contributing building. 3 contributing structures.
The Holyoke Canal System is a system of power canals in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It is split into three canals based on elevation and distance from the inlet at the Holyoke Dam- the First Level Canal, Second Level Canal, and Third Level Canal. Constructed over a period between 1847 and 1892, the Canal System, along with the Dam, is recognized as a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for its use in the development of the Venturi meter by Clemens Herschel, the first means of measuring large-scale flows, and the McCormick-Holyoke Turbine by John B. McCormick, which doubled the efficiency of turbines to more than 80% in its time.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795343