fel UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox

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ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ttJZTW COMMON: George's River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal

STREET AND NUMBER: River

CITY OR TOWN: Warren

PHOTO CREDIT-. State Park and Recreation Commission DATE OF PHOTO: 1970 NEGATIVE FILED AT: State House - Augusta , Maine

DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Photo #1. First rapids above tide water. Site of Guard Lock. No visible remains today. L, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox

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COMMON: George ' s River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal

ISTREET AND NUMBER-. Property up river from Warren,Maine~. Owned by Henry Conary.

CITY OR TOWN: Warren

Maine.. .

PHOTO CREDIT: State Park and Recreation Commissi DATE OF PHOTO: I?7C NEGATIVE FILED AT: State House - Augusta,Maine.

DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Southeast. Photo # 2. Upper end of first locks of the two built by Charles Barrett. Local name Knox Locks. *

>, >; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY Kn()X NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER DATE 75' iiiiiiilii^ :~?:*:"~->;::^$•/(£- OOtfO 3/3/70 COMMON: George's River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC-. General Knox Canal

STREET AND NUMBER: property up river from Warren , Maine . Owned by Henry Conary

CITY OR TOWN: Warren *•'

STATE: Mfl.1 Tig CODE COUNTY: /A\\0l 1 ///T^X CODE IvliV/fl^ \ ,>-' "^/ / >\ r\-r1 18 / ." ^ ' "'--, 015 ||iIi;lia::8E::eEREN.CE; ...... ,...,,.:,..,....,.. /,;•% jg^v;;^ ,;-$>, VV,X. . .-. 11 PHOTO CREDIT: state Park and Recreation Commission/*. ^<,O\ ^ . V*..\ DATE OF PHOTO: T^ 70 j ^ ^^ r ] NEGATIVE FILED AT: State House - Augusta ,Maine . f^ ^^^: & DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. _ .. "ROT-th \' />-.- ^^-'^\^/' Photo #3. Remains of entrance end of the second (^ai^Lefe-^arrett Lock. Local name Knox Lock.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox

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COMMON: Oeore's AND/OR HISTORIC: x u ana ^^^^ilillli^iiiiii u Property up river from Warren,Maine. Owned by Henry Conarjf

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DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION. ETC. -r m. ,, , _ PViotn Looking northwest. Up original ^ . second Charles Barrett Lock. Local

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox

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COMMON: eor ' s River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal

DESCRIBE VIEW,, DIRECTION,, ETC.. / 4 Photo #5. Looking south from Union, Maine on Rt .^35^-SKowing Seven Tree Pond a part of the canal's route in Section II.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox

PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER DATE ?p-3-/£- 0040 W/'K

COMMON: C^t»n-rov> ' R RivpT r'anal AND/OR ms-romc: General Knox Canal

ll^:^^il§!ll^||S§^^^i^Wi-?lil^^il:f^l:ii! STREET AND NUMBER: , «„ ,j-

_--— I—— 7^—^ CITY OR TOWN: <5S9iU^%v

STATE: Maine CODE couN-gW CODE 18 A-.7 013 PHOTO CREDIT: State Park and Recreation Commissfefe ^ ^.\^Vc^ r~"l DATE OF PHOTO: 1970 \«0\ ^C-& >6V NEGATIVE FILED AT: State House - Aujapista , Maine \/\ Y.V- //] ,/ * -vjx y\^ / pllp|l(l}lP^i;:::;::j:Si::;::::;::::::,;:,:K.^ ''¥^i^^^^^^^^UI^^SA DfhoF^'o E#'£ EW ' D1RECTION ' ETC - Section II System D. Old railroad bed between Seven Tree Pond and Matthew's Mills. Looking east. This foundation was probably at one time a prism, but altered for railroad construction (No true vivible remains)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER DATE W't-./l-ODSo *>i6rtt> [^j^^i^^^mm^m^^m^^smm^mmi^mmmmmi^msm^^mMi^im^im^^^m li;?*" ;liii "" l "'lT '"'' i ———•——— •••••••••••••'•'" COMMON: George's River Canal ..YiT.---...... ^-.-.-.---,. :..;•,•:•••• ——— •< MluVl AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal H^l^^lS^^i^^^^^S^^ISSI^S STREET AND NUMBER: Hill's Mills CITY OR TOWN: X^a°^/K Union A\-. .A. "v\ STATE: CODE COUN T^&7 *<&> ,, \P\ 013 |»f PHOTO CREDIT: State Park and Recreation Coraiiis«fon r,Q\r^ ^rf DATE OF PHOTO: 1970 \"£\ ^>:^v H NEGATIVE FILED AT: \ ;>' *&* Xx7 Sta,t;e House - Augusta/. ... Ma,ine X'ri^ -^a*^* [11 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Looking_ T . north..» Photo #7. Prism section which originally bypassed Little Falls Later used as aqueduct for Dirigo Power Company ,.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER DATE 10-3-/K-.0066 3)3J7l] COMMON-. George ' s River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal

STREET AND NUMBER: Off Rt. #131 c, TV OR TOWN: Union

HOTO CREDIT: state Park and Recreation Commi\^ion ^~ DATE OF PHOTO: 19 70 V^P -JEGATIVE FILED AT: State House - Augusta, Maine bEP'iib%ov 'fci'.DIRECTIONl ETC ' Section II System F. Looking South on Sast side of River, down the old prism to the site of the Did Dirigo Power Co. power house site.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) V0 *'"'''''''-'i1'1'1'•'''•'•'•'•'•'•'•'•':':':':':':':'-'----T^ -V:.::-.-.:... COMMON: George ' s River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal mzimmimxMmm^^xA ;:tt:-:::;x-:&H-$i:&:^^ STREET AND NUMBER: /O^V^" ———— 1~~^~'^//\ AvC /^ Xv^\ Hill's Mills / . S/ K -f< V f\. \TJ \ CITY OR TOWN: Union I*/Uj <*&*^\^ /i -v V\M STATE: CODE COUNT^i '( ^ f?^,<£<* CJ CODE Maine 18 Kricoi ^v .^Vv9>N " hrj 013 Nil '•-,,'. v> ;>" .••'.'•"•" Ill PHOTO CREDIT: State Park and Recreation Commis^^on x ^C^S DATE OF PHOTO: 1970 ^rn*A\^"—— i ——^— — •" MEGATIVE FILED AT: State House - Augusta f Maine DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION. ETC. Looking North. 'hoto #9. Foundation Remains of Dirigo Power Co. Plant built over the prism of the old canal. i UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER

7-. George's Rzver Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal

STREET AND NUMBER: George's River CITY OR TOWN: Apple ton (Mclaine's Mills ) ^ X '

Maine 18 013 HOTO CREDIT: s ^ate Park and Recreation Coi^td^io'n ^ DATE OF PHOTO: 19 70 \^ / T j j I \ \\£

NEGATIVE FILED AT: State House - Augusta, Maine

DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Photo #10. Looking north - lock remains on west side. (Typical o£ rapids which canal bypassed)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine

COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with ENTRY NUMBER photograph) 375770" COMMON: George's River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal i&Sii-i&SS:^ lilllliilliliillliililill STREET AND NUMBER: Property down River from Appleton owned by ^Pfrt^T^^QWn CITY OR TOWN: /x^>; Appleton (Mclaine's Mills) ^%\ STATE: CODE COUNT Yy'^/ r_v^^1^\^ "" ,\\V '\V"\ CODE Maine 18 Knoj?' \y^ ,«? N V--A 013 PHOTO CREDIT: State Park and Recreation Commfeasioh DATE OF PHOTO:1970

NEGATIVE FIL-ED AT: State House - Augusta, Maine

DESC'RIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Looking West. Photo #11. Remnant of Lock's foundation. Photo taken from the depression of the old prism. KW UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine

COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Rnox

PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose ENTRY NUMBER with photograph) 7o- t) -/% -0060 COMMON: Georae's River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal \- !;*iB%:%iS;i;i^^^ u STREET AND NUMBER: 3 /<^T^>X CITY OR TOWN: Q£ /QjY ^"\\^ '"^\ Apple ton (Mclaine ' s Mills) Aw ^\W o>l^ \tS\ STATE: CODE COUNT \/K~/ N% <1 \——~\ CODE I _ i A , rv u. 1 i Maine 013 PHOTO CREDIT; state Park and Recreation C DATE OF PHOTO: 19 7Q

LU NEGATIVE FILED AT: UJ State House - Augusta, Maine

DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Photo #12. Looking South: Prism section now overgrown River lies to the east.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STA IF • NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maille

COUN TY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES __ i\no..X PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ———— —RY NUMBER DATE /I.- lib 6k 3/5/70

' - "'•::>:;:::::::::::::':^:::S:j::::: COMMON: Georqe's River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal •:;:•.-:-:;:•:-:-::::•:::•:-:;:•.-:-:;:•.•:.:--••-•;•:-:•:•:•:-:;:•:•: ;. .- v:-:::::':-x::-:;::x::::- v-::::::;-::::;:::::::

STREET AND NUMBER: Property down river from Appleton owned by Ted Brown . CITY OR TOWN: ^ — Appleton (Mclaine's Mills) /tvoJ1 STATE: CODE COUNTY: /^\> ^ {<\ "Vx\ CODE Maine 18 KrySx' -^-'- .^CS x^\ 013 [lit p™ \v, • ^ • .:,..V-'i,, : :,:;,::il » fc \ i i PHOTO CREDIT: state Park and Recreation Corn^ijgsiQtL ^,^y IK-' ] ^\O% ^V,. il DATE OF PHOTO: 1970 \^--\ ^ MEGATIVE FILED AT: VtCA. ^ State House - Augusta, Maine \-/s. ^^ J^ •••.'. :>'--'-'<::&%£%^-<#X •'••'••'-• -:'''::':: -'•-'•••-•••':-••• -•:••-•• m^m^M^ ------^m DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. "^-/-_UUL-Jt^*" Photo #13 Looking south. Top of Canal's prism. River on left. Water flowed to right originally when canal in use.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine

COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox

PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER DATE 70- 3-//- 006o 5l6ln ~r:;\"^^:f:^^'^^tK^ffK~Vf:yw;^:ff^j^^^. COMMON: George ' s River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal

STREET AND NUMBER: George ' s River CITY OR TOWN: Appleton Village (Mclaine's Mills)

STATE: CO DE COUNTY: ^,^01 1 ^0/""?X\ CODE Maine 1 8 Kni&xV/x, ,-> ^ '-(^\ 013 PHOTO CREDIT: state Park and Recreation

DATE OF PHOTO: 1970

NEGATIVE FILED AT: State House - Augusta, Maine;.\

DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Photo #14. George's River. Looking Appleton Village in background. Canal did pass at low end of field 25 yds back of River.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Ma.Lne

COUN TV NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Rn< 3X

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NTRY NUMBER (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) —p- ——— DATE -/'/• OQ5o 3/57?o ji^MI^S^lii^S^^^^Si^lillPll^SP^^S^^^illiiliiiiili lillllillllliillSpiililpli COMMON: George's River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal |*i*:o:*:ji i>«!..::.: .Ill PHOTO CREDIT: State Park and Recreation Commissfiej>n w pv !-~: DATE OF PHOTO: 1970 \^\ .^"?\0^^ /^l ' NEGATIVE FILED AT: V^- Q^G^ /OV State House - Augusta, Maine ^' >, ^:, J|^iPitl5::t:V«wf|il ^^*&£££&*%^%?!&^ • • • . .':::::::W: [ill :(3fS: : U. iSi '• •:•.::•.•:•.:.!.,..>; /...,:.:.; .i.-.v.v. ....:.,:i™.-.:; :.-.•-• •. :.•.-.-: :«.!:i •.;;::•:•>:•: .S.-is.v.s.ii -:::;-. -: -: •: •: :i:~:-:-::'-- :->••: : i- :>.;. •;•:•: : ; :i "S .iwi:"-: .is^ **£'--:':-:f::&f.'-:'-jf?: ^^>ti^^<^-:^:-<:-:-'--'--- :•' • :-::::;::^: v:-:-x :v:::-::: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. ^-^^_' ISS^s^ i hoto #15 Section II System I (Conant's Mills) North Appleton. Looking north on west bank of George *s River Above the bridge — a prism.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DATE «/» (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) 90 - *.- } I. -0066 V

HOTO CREDIT: state Park and Recreation Corami>s^i.on^:)V DATE OF PHOTO: 1970

NEGATIVE FILED AT: State House - Auqusta, Maine

DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

STATE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER DATE (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph)

COMMON: George's River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal

DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Photo #17 Section II System I. Conant's Mills looking north on west bank of George's River above the bridge. Shows prism and lock's masonry.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Waldo

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COMMON: GeOrge 's River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal

Searsmont

HOTO CREDIT: state Park and Recreation CommisaioB-

NEGATIVE FILED AT: state House - Augusta,Maine.

Looking South onto George' s River at Spring flood stage. The area under water was in part Section III and did contain System K with two locks. Town grouth and highway construction,and flooding obscure the original remains.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox & Waldo

PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) coMMONGeorges River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal I^P^iiWiiiil kfilt^lfiffXHff^iaiKfVim-lHf; STREET AND NUMBER: TV^n•-- Upper Falls, St. George %ver in Warren to Union tfeence CITY OR TOWN: to Quant abacook Pond in Searsmont

STATE: COUNTY: 10aine 1 8 Knox and Wal1 Q13 & 027

HOTO CREDIT: William Cross, Warren, Maine

DATE OF PHOTO: 1

DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Knox Lock Masonry (Mr. Merrill Payson, Warren, Maine, Soil Conservation Sei*vice Measuring Knox Losk Masonry, Warren, Maine w. V fv-<. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maine

COUNTY NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Knox & Waldo

PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type ENTRY NUMBER all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) 76- *>- tt- 6060 COMMON: Georges River Canal AND/OR HISTORIC: General Knox Canal ' :

STREET AND NUMBER: Upper Falls, St. George River in Warren to Union town line, extending thence

CITY OR TOWN: to QUantabacook Pond in Searsraont

STATE: Maine 013 &

HOTO CREDIT-. William Cross, Warren, Maine

DATE OF PHOTO: 1 slEGATIVEF1LEDA ""William Cross, Warren, Maine

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DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Interior of Lock, Knox Canal, Upper Falls, War