Editing Middlesex Canal (section)

==Today==
{{Infobox NRHP
| name      = Middlesex Canal Historic and Archeological District
| nrhp_type = hd
| nocat     = yes
| image     = Middlesex Canal (Massachusetts) map, 1801.jpg
| caption   = Map of the Middlesex Canal, 1801, before it was extended south of Medford<ref name="mhs">{{cite web|url=http://www.medfordhistorical.org/middlesexcanal.php |title=The Incredible Ditch|author = Jay B. Griffen|date=May 2006|publisher=Medford Historical Society|access-date=July 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919124926/http://medfordhistorical.org/middlesexcanal.php |archive-date=September 19, 2008 }}</ref>
| location  = The entire route of the canal from Lowell to [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]].
| built     = {{start date|1803}}
| architect =
| added     = November 19, 2009
| area      = {{convert|253|acre|ha}}
| refnum    = 09000936<ref name="nris"/>
}}

Though significant portions of the Middlesex Canal are still visible, urban and suburban sprawl is quickly overcoming many of the remains. The Middlesex Canal Association,<ref name="mca"/> founded in 1962, has erected markers along portions of the canal's path. Prominent portions of the canal that are still visible include water-filled portions in Wilmington, Billerica, and near the [[Baldwin House (Woburn, Massachusetts)|Baldwin House]] in [[Woburn, Massachusetts|Woburn]]. Dry walkable sections can be found in Winchester, most notably a section at the Mystic Lakes where an aqueduct was situated, and Wilmington, where aqueduct remnants are also visible in the town park off Route 38.  Most of the canal south of Winchester has been overbuilt by roads and residential construction, although traces may still be discerned in a few places.

In 1967 the canal was designated a [[Historic Civil Engineering Landmark]] (one of the first such designations made) by the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]]. The surviving elements of the canal are the subject of a 1972 listing on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], while the entire route, including parts that have been overbuilt, is the subject of a second listing in 2009.

The Middlesex Canal Association maintains a museum in North Billerica, Massachusetts, at the Faulkner Mills. Directions and additional information are available on the Middlesex Canal Association website.<ref name="mca">[http://www.middlesexcanal.org/ Middlesex Canal Association website]</ref>

===Gallery===
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Image:Middlesex Canal, Wilmington, Massachusetts.JPG|A segment of the canal in Wilmington
Image:ChelmsfordMA MiddlesexCanalRemnant.jpg|An overgrown dried-out remnant of the canal in Chelmsford
Image:WinchesterMA MiddlesexCanalSegment.jpg|A walkable section of the canal in Winchester
Image:MiddlesexCanal MysticRiverAqueductBridgeFoundations.jpg|Foundation remnants lining the Mystic River in Somerville and Medford
Image:Middlesex Canal Plaque in Medford Massachusetts.jpg|Plaque describing the canal in Medford, Massachusetts
Image:MiddlesexCanalPlaque.jpg|Middlesex Canal Plaque
</gallery>