The Farmington Canal was a major private canal built in the early 1800s to provide water transportation from New Haven to internal parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts and beyond. With the advent of railroads, it was quickly converted to a railroad in the mid-1800s and in recent years has been converted to one of the nation's greatest bicycle paths (rails-to-trails projects). The Canal du Midi in Toulouse, France. ... This article is about the city in Connecticut. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area Ranked 44th - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²) - Width 183 miles (295 km) - Length 113 miles (182 km) - % water 13. ...
The Farmington Canal Trail runs from downtown New Haven to Northampton, Massachusetts, and, in sections where it has been completed, provides thousands of people per day with off-road bicycling and jogging opportunities. In many areas, the trail is lined with historic "lock houses" dating from the time of the original canal, as well as retaining walls, canal locks (elevators for boats), old sections of canal, and other features. A lock house in Cheshire, CT sits alongside one of the remaining preserved locks and has been converted into a museum. Canal locks in England. ...
The entire route of the Canal Trail is not yet completed, but it is a major priority for most towns along its route. In August 2006, Yale University announced it would contribute towards the completion of the final two blocks of the trail through downtown New Haven, from Hillhouse Avenue to the Audubon Arts District. The City of New Haven has also recently completed a section of trail running from Yale University to the north end of the city, where it will connect with a very long section of completed trail that runs into the Hartford region. Yale redirects here. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...
That old yankee ingenuity brought on the idea of a canal that would extend north and furnish the towns along the way with goods, as well as be an easy route for their manufacturing and produce to return to New Haven for sale there as well as to be shipped elsewhere.
Bridges were constructed over the canal in those places where the canal cut farms in two, but they were not constructed in such a way as to make the transport of wagons loaded with harvests to easily use them.
By 1847 construction of a rail bed was underway and the end of the FarmingtonCanal was written upon the banks that made the canal both a success and a failure.
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