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Francis Gate Complex, Flood Control Gate & Boat Lock

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $7.95

Stock #:1180122
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Lowell
State: Massachusetts (MA)
County: Middlesex
Artist: Joanne B. Weisman
Publisher: Photocards By The Editors
Plastichrome
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: P322782
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Additional Details:
This complex was built between 1848 and 1881 to house a flood control gate, a boat lock and a measuring gate. The Great or Francis Gate saved the city from extensive flood damage in 1852 and 1936.

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