Comments on: In search of the Morris Canal in Newark http://metronewark.org/articles/ironbound/2007/11/24/in-search-of-the-morris-canal-in-newark/ As we look ahead we must honor our past ! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:13:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: tony http://metronewark.org/articles/ironbound/2007/11/24/in-search-of-the-morris-canal-in-newark/#comment-4 tony Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:10:46 +0000 http://metronewark.org/articles/ironbound/2007/11/24/in-search-of-the-morris-canal-in-newark/#comment-4 Further reading tells me that the Charter for this construction was granted in December 31, 1824 as a cheap means of transportation for merchandize between the Hudson and the Delaware and especially as an eastern outlet for the coal of Pennsilvania. The Canal was completed six years late in Agust of 1931 through Newark but it only reached Jersey City in 1836. The canal remained in this condition until 1941 when the deman for better facilities and larger boats led to the widening of the planes by 2ft. while th elocks were widen to 11 ft and lengthend to 95 ft. The canal started from tide water level at Newark and run to Phillipsburg on the Delaware river. In traverssing it a boat passed through 16 lifts locks and 12 inclided planes to the summit which is at Lake Hopatcong. The elevation at this point was 914 ft above sea level <a href="http://books.google.com.br/books?id=C-s6AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA555&dq=water+canal+newark&as_brr=1&hl=pt-PT" rel="nofollow">American Engineer and Rairoad Journal 1894</a> page 555 Further reading tells me that the Charter for this construction was granted in December 31, 1824 as a cheap means of transportation for merchandize between the Hudson and the Delaware and especially as an eastern outlet for the coal of Pennsilvania. The Canal was completed six years late in Agust of 1931 through Newark but it only reached Jersey City in 1836. The canal remained in this condition until 1941 when the deman for better facilities and larger boats led to the widening of the planes by 2ft. while th elocks were widen to 11 ft and lengthend to 95 ft.

The canal started from tide water level at Newark and run to Phillipsburg on the Delaware river. In traverssing it a boat passed through 16 lifts locks and 12 inclided planes to the summit which is at Lake Hopatcong. The elevation at this point was 914 ft above sea level

American Engineer and Rairoad Journal 1894
page 555

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