Blackstone Canal

Blackstone Canal
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
A remaining section of canal in Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Location	Providence, Rhode Island – Worcester, Massachusetts
Built	1825–1828
NRHP reference No.	71000030, 73000328, 91001536, 95001004[1]
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1971

The Blackstone Canal was a manmade waterway, linking Worcester, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island, and Narragansett Bay, through the Blackstone Valley, via a series of locks and canals in the early 19th century. Construction started in 1825, and the canal opened three years later. After the opening of the Boston and Providence Railroad (1835), the canal struggled for business. Its transportation role was taken over by the Providence and Worcester Railroad, which completed a parallel line in 1847. The canal shut down in 1848. Several segments of the canal are preserved, and the canal alignment and remains are on the National Register of Historic Places.