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 92 STAT. 290

PUBLIC LAW 9 5 - 2 9 0 — J U N E 5, 1978

Public Law 95-290 95th Congress An Act June 5, 1978 [H.R. 11662] Lowell National Historical Park, ^**®'

16 USC 410cc.

To provide for the establishment of the Lowell National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,

of the

FINDINGS AND PUKPOSE

SECTION 1. (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 I n d u s t r i a l 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) I t is the purpose of this Act 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. DEFINITIONS

16 USC 410CC-1.

SEC. 2. For purposes of this Act— (1) the term " p a r k " means the Lowell National Historical P a r k, established by section 101(a)(1) of this Act; (2) the term "preservation district" means the Lowell Historic Preservation District, established b}^ section 1 0 1 (a)(1) of this Act; (3) the term "Commission" means the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission established by section 301(a) of this Act; (4) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior; and (5) the term "report of the Lowell Historic Canal District Commission" means the report submitted to the Congress by the Lowell Historic Canal District Commission pursuant to an Act entitled " A n Act to provide for a plan for the preservation, inter-

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