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Place Name
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Concord, River
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Place Status (Type)
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river
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Location
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Massachusetts, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Concord, River
, c.15 mi/24 km long, NE
Mass., a short tributary of the Merrimack, which it joins at Lowell. On
April 19, 1775, colonial militia fired some of the 1st shots of the
Amer. Revolution at the British over a bridge across the river at
Concord, Mass. Henry David Thoreau's first book, A Week on the
Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), records a boat trip with his
brother. Concord Bridge is administered by the Natl. Park Service.
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