Uriah Boyden (1804 – 1879) Scrapbook - The Town & the City: Lowell Before The Civil War - LibGuides at University of Massachusetts Lowell

Uriah Boyden Uriah Atherton Boyden (1804 – 1879) was a civil and mechanical engineer and inventor.

Image of Uriah Atherton Boyden (1804 – 1879) Courtesy Lowell Historical Society

Uriah A. Boyden Papers (Archives Center, National Museum of American History)

The Uriah Boyden Scrapbook is part of the Proprietors of Lock and Canals on the Merrimack River Collection (original call number: P77) Cutter number: L.F.B6936, located at the Center for Lowell History, Oversized Collection, Row P.

Related pages on this site -

Inventory for the Uriah Boyden Scrapbook

The Boston & Lowell Rail Road

Plan of Lowell village / from a survey by U.A. Boyden in March 1835

Boyden_001 Front cover of Uriah Boyden scrapbook
Boyden_002 Inside front cover "Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on the Merrimack River"
Boyden_003 Table of Contents (pages 1 to 8a)
Boyden_004 Table of Contents (pages 8b to 22)
Boyden_005 Table of Contents (pages 23 to 47)
Boyden_006 Table of Contents (pages 48 to 72)
Boyden_007 Table of Contents (pages 73 to 95)
Boyden_008 newspaper clipping - article by Boyden "warmth at the poles"
Boyden_009 2 newspaper clippings - Lowell Railroad/Statistics and census of Lowell
Boyden_009 V2 2 newspaper clippings - Lowell Railroad/Statistics and census of Lowell
Boyden_010 Memorandum of Remonstrance Prop, of L & C
Boyden_011 newspaper clipping - Act to establish Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Boyden_012 newspaper clipping - Act to establish Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Boyden_013 Precautions against Fire - Rules
Boyden_014 newspaper clipping - Advertisement for proposals to build bridge over Potomac
Boyden_015 Precautions against Fire - Rules
Boyden_016 newspaper clipping - U.S. Tariff Bill
Boyden_017 newspaper clipping - Contoocook Canal
Boyden_018 newspaper clipping - Report of James Hayward - Engineer
Boyden_019 newspaper clipping - Report of Committee on (Mass.) State Valuation &c.
Boyden_020 newspaper clipping - Report of Committee on (Mass.) State Valuation &c.
Boyden_021 newspaper clipping - Report of Committee on (Mass.) State Valuation &c.
Boyden_022 newspaper clipping - Report of Committee on (Mass.) State Valuation &c.
Boyden_023 Regulations &c Suffolk M. Co. for Employees
Boyden_024 Regulations &c Suffolk M. Co. for Employees
Boyden_025 Regulations of Boarding Houses - Lawrence Manufacturing Co.
Boyden_026 Regulations of Boarding Houses - Lawrence Manufacturing Co.
Boyden_027 Regulations of Boarding Houses - Lawrence Manufacturing Co.
Boyden_028 Regulations of Boarding Houses - Lawrence Manufacturing Co.
Boyden_029 newspaper clipping - Article by U.A.B. on deep cut on the B & L R.R. at Lowell
Boyden_030 Printed - Statement of Expenses - Town of Lowell for year ending Feb. 1833
Boyden_031 Printed - Statement of Expenses - Town of Lowell for year ending Feb. 1833
Boyden_032 Col. Boardman's Account of a Measurement of Water - copied on 7/18/1835
Boyden_033 Col. Boardman's Account of a Measurement of Water - copied on 7/18/1835
Boyden_034 Col. Boardman's Account of a Measurement of Water - copied on 7/18/1835
Boyden_035 Col. Boardman's Account of a Measurement of Water - copied on 7/18/1835
Boyden_036 Col. Boardman's Account of a Measurement of Water - copied on 7/18/1835
Boyden_037 Printed - Statement of Expenses - Town of Lowell for year ending Feb. 1833
Boyden_038 Statement of Products &c of the Cotton Mills of Lowell 1833
Boyden_039 Statement of Products &c of the Cotton Mills of Lowell 1833
Boyden_040 Statement of Products &c of the Cotton Mills of Lowell 1833
Boyden_041 Printed - Statement of Expenses - Town of Lowell for year ending Feb. 1833
Boyden_042 Mason Work of a block of Boarding Houses
Boyden_043 Carpenter Work of a block of Boarding Houses
Boyden_044 J. Dummer's work on the Suffolk Mills
Boyden_045 Leather used at the Suffolk Mills
Boyden_046 Business Notice or Card of Uriah A. Boyden Leather Splitter & Seller &c &c
Boyden_047 Population of U.S. by Fourth Census 1820-1
Boyden_048 Population of U.S. by Fourth Census 1820-1
Boyden_049 Accident from Blasting Rocks Article by U.A.B./The Election
Boyden_050 Dr. Treadwell's Report on the Waterpower of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Dam (copied from original)
Boyden_051 Dr. Treadwell's Report on the Waterpower of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Dam (copied from original)
Boyden_052 Dr. Treadwell's Report on the Waterpower of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Dam (copied from original)
Boyden_053 Dr. Treadwell's Report on the Waterpower of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Dam (copied from original)
Boyden_054 Dr. Treadwell's Report on the Waterpower of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Dam (copied from original)
Boyden_055 Dr. Treadwell's Report on the Waterpower of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Dam (copied from original)
Boyden_056 Dr. Treadwell's Report on the Waterpower of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Dam (copied from original)
Boyden_057 Dr. Treadwell's Report on the Waterpower of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Dam (copied from original)
Boyden_058 Weight and cost of some of the parts of the Locmotive Engine built at Lowell in 1837&8
Boyden_059 Weight and cost of some of the parts of the Locmotive Engine built at Lowell in 1837&8
Boyden_060 Weight and cost of some of the parts of the Locmotive Engine built at Lowell in 1837&8
Boyden_061 Rates of Toll on the Middlesex and River Canals 1830
Boyden_062 Rates of Toll on the Middlesex and River Canals 1830
Boyden_063 Rates of Toll on the Middlesex and River Canals 1830
Boyden_064 Rates of Toll on the Middlesex and River Canals 1830
Boyden_065 Rates of Toll on the Middlesex and River Canals 1830
Boyden_066 Rates of Toll on the Middlesex and River Canals 1830
Boyden_067 Blank agreement and Specification to build the Boston & Lowell R. R.
Boyden_068 Blank agreement and Specification to build the Boston & Lowell R. R.
Boyden_069 Blank agreement and Specification to build the Boston & Lowell R. R.
Boyden_070 Scrap on Gen. Leache's Estate in Chelmsford
Boyden_071 Scrap on Gen. Leache's Estate in Chelmsford
Boyden_072 Scrap on Gen. Leache's Estate in Chelmsford
Boyden_073 Andrew Jackson's Proclamation - "Nulification"
Boyden_074 Andrew Jackson's Proclamation - "Nulification"
Boyden_075 Andrew Jackson's Proclamation - "Nulification"
Boyden_076 Andrew Jackson's Proclamation - "Nulification"
Boyden_077 Andrew Jackson's Proclamation - "Nulification"
Boyden_078 Andrew Jackson's Proclamation - "Nulification"
Boyden_079 President's Message
Boyden_080 President's Message
Boyden_081 President's Message
Boyden_082 President's Message
Boyden_083 Expenses for Lowell for the year ending Feb 1834
Boyden_084 Expenses for Lowell for the year ending Feb 1834
Boyden_085 Expenses for Lowell for the year ending Feb 1834
Boyden_086 Expenses for Lowell for the year ending Feb 1834
Boyden_087 Expenses for Lowell for the year ending Feb 1834
Boyden_088 Expenses for Lowell for the year ending Feb 1834
Boyden_089 Expenses for Lowell for the year ending Feb 1834
Boyden_090 Expenses for Lowell for the year ending Feb 1834
Boyden_091 Expenses for Lowell for the year ending Feb 1834
Boyden_092 Rates of Toll on Patucket Canal
Boyden_093 Rates of Toll on Patucket Canal
Boyden_094 Rates of Toll on Patucket Canal
Boyden_095 Niagara Falls - Sale of Real Estate
Boyden_096 Niagara Falls - Sale of Real Estate
Boyden_097 Power to drive machinery at the Hamilton Co. Mills
Boyden_098 Power to drive machinery at the Hamilton Co. Mills
Boyden_099 Power to drive machinery at the Hamilton Co. Mills
Boyden_100 Articles on location of Eastern Railroad March & April 1835
Boyden_101 Articles on location of Eastern Railroad March & April 1835
Boyden_102 Articles on location of Eastern Railroad March & April 1835
Boyden_103 Articles on location of Eastern Railroad March & April 1835
Boyden_104 Memo of work (cotton manufacturing) at the Boott Mils
Boyden_105 Memo of work (cotton manufacturing) at the Boott Mils
Boyden_106 Memo of work (cotton manufacturing) at the Boott Mils
Boyden_107 Statistics of Mass. Industries - Feb 1838
Boyden_108 Statistics of Mass. Industries - Proposals R.R. Contractors Nashus & Lowell R.R.
Boyden_109 Sensation in Drowning
Boyden_110 Cooling of Metal causing it to heat itself
Boyden_111 Cooling of Metal causing it to heat itself
Boyden_112 Explosions produced Niter in burning Buildings, &c.
Boyden_113 Explosions produced Niter in burning Buildings, &c.
Boyden_114 Explosions produced Niter in burning Buildings, &c.
Boyden_115 Back cover