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| | Morris Canal in Bloomfield New Jersey History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | It is very likely that 'Beach' Street in Bloomfield, just one block from where the Canal ran, was named for him, solving a local mystery since the adjacent streets, like 'Elm', are named after trees, while that street is not named 'Beech', but rather 'Beach'. |
 | | Bloomfield was one of these, a major stop, due to it's 'Lock' and long inclined plane that pulled boats up the hill, or lowered them, all in massive wooden cradles that held the boats and moved along rails that spanned the incline. |
 | | The Morris Canal in Roxbury Township, New Jersey |
| www.firstbaptistbloomfield.org /oldcanal.htm (692 words) |
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