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This map was created by a user. Learn how to create your own. Route of the former Morris Canal in New Jersey. This layer shows the route of the former Morris Canal in New Jersey....
Mule-drawn Morris Canal section boat heading west toward Dover in the early 1900s. The Morris Canal connected with major industrial towns and cities in its day including Phillipsburg, Dover, Paterson and Jersey City.
Route of the Morris Canal Greenway information: canalsocietynj.org Greenway Trail Other Trails Restoration anch e of the 5 6 Interpretive Panels Interpretive Panels S t e p h e n ’ s B r o o k s S t e p h en’s B r o o k s Wharton Canal Walk Lock 2 East REstoRation Canal SoCiety of new JerSey P.O. Box 737, Morristown, New Jersey 07963-0737 1 ...
The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a 107-mile (172 km) common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals in Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jersey to New York Harbor and New York City through its eastern terminals in Newark and ...
- 1825
- 107 miles (172 km)
- 1829
- Irregular line beginning at Phillipsburg and ending at Jersey City
History and heritage in Northwest New Jersey Skylands: Among the shreds of Morris Canal that have somehow avoided destruction is a quarter-mile watered stretch that leads to Lock 2 East in Wharton's Hugh Force Park. Bird's Lock has been restored to operational status and the lock tender's house rehabilitated as a museum..
Jul 25, 2022 · Wharton now has a beautifully restored, quarter-mile segment of the historic Morris Canal, as well as the only operational canal lock on what remains of the entire 102-miles of the old canal. The project also restored one of the few remaining lock-tender houses on the canal.
Morristown, NJ 07963-0737. www.canalsocietynj.org. This photo gallery of the Morris Canal takes you along its 102-mile route across northern New Jersey. Beginning in Phillipsburg, NJ, each successive photo follows the canal eastward until it reaches its endpoint at Jersey City, NJ.
