Merrimack
Confederate naval vessel
Merrimack is a river in New England flowing through New Hampshire and Massachusetts to the Atlantic.
The name is best known from the Civil War ironclad CSS Virginia, often called the Merrimack after the frigate from which it was converted.
The 1862 battle between the Virginia and USS Monitor marked the first clash of armored warships.
Massachusetts textile city
- LawrenceKansas university city
- HaverhillNew England industrial city
- AndoverMassachusetts town with academy
- AmesburyEnglish market town
textile mills · Industrial Revolution · canal system · immigrant labor · Kerouac
Unity or famous places
- ManchesterLarge English industrial city
- NashuaSouthern New Hampshire municipality
- BedfordPlace name, several locations
- FranklinSurname or locality
Granite State · headwaters · White Mountains · covered bridges · mill towns · hydropower
Named naval vessel
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- ConfederateSecessionist state supporter
- ironcladImpossible to dispute
- armor platingDefensive metal cladding
naval warfare · scuttled · Norfolk · conversion · turret · blockade · naval history · shipbuilding
Stream entering larger river
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
riparian · floodplain · estuary · sediment · meander · channel · hydrology · aquatic
Lowell
Massachusetts textile city
- LawrenceKansas university city
- HaverhillNew England industrial city
- AndoverMassachusetts town with academy
Amesbury · textile mills · Industrial Revolution · canal system · immigrant labor · Kerouac
Concord
Unity or famous places
- ManchesterLarge English industrial city
- NashuaSouthern New Hampshire municipality
- BedfordPlace name, several locations
Franklin · Granite State · headwaters · White Mountains · covered bridges · mill towns · hydropower
Monitor
Named naval vessel
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- ConfederateSecessionist state supporter
- ironcladImpossible to dispute
armor plating · naval warfare · scuttled · Norfolk · conversion · turret · blockade · naval history · shipbuilding
tributary
Stream entering larger river
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
streamflow · riparian · floodplain · estuary · sediment · meander · channel · hydrology · aquatic · Atlantic