§410cc — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

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Require preserving and explaining Lowell, Massachusetts’s nationally important historic sites and buildings for people today and in the future by carrying out, as much as possible, the recommendations in the Lowell Historic Canal District Commission report. Congress found that Lowell is the most important planned industrial city in the United States and physically represents the Industrial Revolution. The city still preserves the culture of many immigrant groups from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much of Lowell dates to that era, including a 5.6-mile power canal system, seven original mill complexes, and many early houses, shops, transport sites, and labor and social buildings. Despite large local and state spending on preservation, these resources may be lost without federal help.

Title 16, §410cc

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(a)The Congress finds that—

(1)certain sites and structures in Lowell, Massachusetts, historically and culturally the most significant planned industrial city in the United States, symbolize in physical form the Industrial Revolution;

(2)the cultural heritage of many of the ethnic groups that immigrated to the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is still preserved in Lowell’s neighborhoods;

(3)a very large proportion of the buildings, other structures, and districts in Lowell date to the period of the Industrial Revolution and are nationally significant historical resources, including the five-and-six-tenths-mile power canal system, seven original mill complexes, and significant examples of early housing, commercial structures, transportation facilities, and buildings associated with labor and social institutions; and

(4)despite the expenditure of substantial amounts of money by the city of Lowell and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for historical and cultural preservation and interpretation in Lowell, the early buildings and other structures in Lowell may be lost without the assistance of the Federal Government.

(b)It is the purpose of this subchapter to preserve and interpret the nationally significant historical and cultural sites, structures, and districts in Lowell, Massachusetts, for the benefit and inspiration of present and future generations by implementing to the extent practicable the recommendations in the report of the Lowell Historic Canal District Commission.

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of 2012 Amendment Pub. L. 112–182, § 1, Oct. 5, 2012, 126 Stat. 1420, provided that: “This Act [amending section 410cc–22 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012’.”

§410cc Congressional Statement of Findings and Purpose

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Title 16, §410cc

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