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	NYNJTC: Morris Canal Greenway Opening 9/15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Canal Society of New Jersey, the Division of Parks and Forestry, and Waterloo Village sponsor the dedication of Morris Canal Greenway signage at Saxton Falls on September 15, 2001 at 11 a.m.
		The Morris Canal Greenway encompasses part of the historic Morris Canal’s alignment and is a cooperative effort of the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, the Canal Society of New Jersey, the Village of Waterloo and the Friends of the Morris Canal.
		When the Morris Canal was built during the 1820s, the canal company constructed a larger dam at Saxton Falls, creating a reservoir to feed water into the 32 miles of canal to the west and forming a slackwater pool in the river for the boats to safely navigate in the Saxton Falls area.
	www.nynjtc.org /events/2001/mocanal.html (2795 words)

	Morris Canal -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Starting in the (The decade from 1850 to 1859) 1850s the canal was gradually eclipsed by the construction of (A line of track providing a runway for wheels) railroads, although it remained in heavy use throughout the (The decade from 1860 to 1869) 1860s.
		The idea for the construction of the canal is credited to (A town in northern New Jersey where the Continental Army spent two winters) Morristown businessman George P. McCulloch, who reportedly conceived of the idea while visiting Lake Hopatcong.
		In 1871, the canal was leased by (Click link for more info and facts about Lehigh Valley Railroad) Lehigh Valley Railroad, which severed the connection with the Lehigh Navigation Canal, since it was operated by a rival railroad.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/morris_canal.htm (1004 words)

	The History of the Morris Canal
		The Morris Canal was chartered on December 31, 1824 “to form an artificial navigation between the Passaic and Delaware Rivers”.
		Lake Hopatcong was the main source of water and it was near the summit of the canal.
		Flat-bottomed canal boats were steered with a tiller while the boat was pulled by two mules guided by a young mule driver who walked alongside the mules.
	www.warrennet.org /wtsd/tour/history_morris.htm (294 words)

	Encyclopedia: Morris Canal
		The ascent of the canal from Phillipsburg to Lake Hopatcong was 760 ft (230 m).
		Morris County is a county located in the state of New Jersey.
		The following is a List of canals in the United States Transportation Canals in operation Augusta Canal Cal-Sag Channel (Chicago) Cascades Canal Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, part of the Illinois Waterway Dalles-Celilo Canal Delaware Canal (Pennsylvania) Delaware and Raritan Canal...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Morris-Canal (2290 words)

	The Morris Canal in New Jersey
		One such effort is the Morris Canal Greenway project, a joint endeavor by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, the Canal Society of New Jersey, Friends of the Morris Canal and Waterloo Village.
		Although employed on a smaller scale on English canals, the inclined plane was adapted for the Morris Canal and used to conquer changes of elevation anywhere from 35 feet to 100 feet.
		Morrell says this section of canal, owned by the state and located in Mount Olive, is "one of the best preserved in the state.'' The only major difference from when the canal was in operation is that a row of trees and brush has grown between the towpath and the canal.
	www.njskylands.com /hsmorriscanal.htm (2463 words)

	Morris Canal (Reaction) Turbine
		The inclined planes of the Morris Canal were powered by large reaction turbines geared to the winding drums that hauled the canal boats between levels.
		The turbine was installed during the winter of 1851-52, after the canal was enlarged, and was housed in a vaulted stone chamber underground.
		James Lee began restoration of Morris Canal relics on his property in the 1950s and was able to unearth the turbine on August 6, 1972.
	www.asme.org /history/roster/H038.html (180 words)

	Morris Canal
		The decade of 1860 to 1870 was the only prosperous period in the history of the canal, a period which embraced the Civil War, at which time all transportation facilities were taxed to their fullest capacity, and witnessed the greatest growth in population and industry of the territory served by the canal.
		On November 29, 1922, the Morris Canal passed into the hands of the State of New Jersey, with the exception of the property within the town limits of Phillipsburg and Jersey City.
		The charter of the Morris Canal and Banking Company was to terminate on December 31, 1974, thus causing the remaining properties to revert to the State of New Jersey for all time.
	www.washington-twp-warren.org /History___Tour/Morris_Canal/body_morris_canal.html (1810 words)

	Delaware and Hudson Canal within Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Navigation on the canal began at the boat basin in Honesdale, where the coal was transferred from gravity railroad cars to canal boats.
		The D & H Canal was originally 32 feet across at the top, 20 feet at the bottom, with a depth of four feet; its 76' x 10' locks could accommodate 20- to 30-ton- capacity boats.
		In its early years, the D & H Canal was buffeted by a wide variety of troubles: seepage and settling of the banks, a regional cholera epidemic, opposition by Delaware River raftsmen, fluctuations in the national economy, and resistance to the use of anthracite.
	www.nps.gov /upde/d%26hcanal.htm (1390 words)

	Morris Canal
		The canal was built in sections with local entrepreneurs taking charge of the work in their respective areas.
		The canals western terminus was Phillipsburg on the Delaware River from which the four-foot deep (later five) snake of water stretched to Jersey City and the Hudson River.
		The mules (or horses) were disconnected and the canal boat was floated onto a wheeled cradle that carried the vessel upward on railroad tracks.
	www.cliftonhistory.org /mocanal.html (604 words)

	THE MORRIS CANAL AND ITS INCLINED PLANES.
		This canal was chartered December 31, 1824; began July, 1825, and completed from the Delaware River to Newark, during August, 1831, and extended to Jersey City in 1836.
		In 1845, the canal was enlarged, the width being 25 feet at the bottom, and 40 feet at the top, and the depth increased to 5 feet.
		The cargoes carried on this canal are almost exclusively coal and ore, with occasionally a load of grain or wood.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/abnjmc.Html (2428 words)

	National Canal Museum - Education - Morris Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Construction of the Morris Canal began in 1825, and it was operating by 1832.
		Building the Morris Canal was a remarkable engineering feat since it had to climb 914 feet from tide level at Newark to its summit level at Lake Hopatcong, then descend 760 feet back to the Delaware River level at Phillipsburg.
		Although its primary traffic was coal-laden canal boats traveling eastward to the cities, the Morris Canal also became a significant route for the shipment of New Jersey iron ore westward to the Lehigh Valley.
	www.canals.org /education/morriscanal.html (524 words)

	Morris Canal in Bloomfield New Jersey History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The route of the canal was selected and the survey made by Major Ephraim Beach, under whose direction the Canal was then constructed.
		The Morris Canal was completed in 1830, and towns along it's route grew and serviced the crews and teams of mules that pulled the boats laden with goods.
		The Morris Canal in Roxbury Township, New Jersey
	www.firstbaptistbloomfield.org /oldcanal.htm (659 words)

	Morris Canal
		The Morris Canal paralleled the Delaware River along the south side of Phillipsburg; it passed by an iron furnace built in 1848 and known originally as the Cooper Furnace (later the Andover Furnace).
		From Bertrand's Island in the middle of the lake the canal boats were towed across the lake to Nolan's Point farther north on the eastern shore.
		From the canal this distinctive hill could be seen in the background, a local landmark and now a Morris County park area.
	nynjctbotany.org /njhigh/morrisc.html (1916 words)

	The Morris Canal in Jersey City
		The opening of the Morris Canal through Jersey City in 1836 presaged an industrial and commercial boom that was to hoist Jersey City into national prominence as a manufacturing and transportation center.
		It is intended for Jersey City buffs who have a general interest in the canal and for canal buffs who, to date, may have been intimidated by the urban character of Jersey City.
		The canal's eastern terminal was located on the shores of the Hudson River at the northwest corner of the Morris Canal Little Basin near the intersection of Washington and Dudley streets (mile 0.0).
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/Rapids/4854/walk.htm (1049 words)

	NJDARM: Morris Canal & Banking Company Microfilm Collection
		Seeking to improve transportation between the coal mines of Pennsylvania, the iron forges of Morris County, and the great marketplace of New York City, the state legislature chartered the "Morris Canal and Banking Company" in 1824 to build an artificial waterway between the Hudson and Delaware rivers.
		As evidence mounted of the canal's obsolescence, the LVRR began to press for the right to abandon its money-losing canal operation.
		In 1923, after years of dickering between a variety of competing interests, the state arranged a settlement transferring all property, stock, bonds, and rights of the canal company to the State of New Jersey, with the exception of valuable real estate in Phillipsburg and Jersey City, which was retained by LVRR.
	www.state.nj.us /state/darm/links/morcanal.html (606 words)

	National Canal Museum
		America's canal heritage at the National Canal Museum.
		Explore the water exhibits, learn about canal life, and mingle with the model trains on your journey into the past.
		The park is devoted to preserving and interpreting America's canal and industrial revolution eras.
	www.canals.org (368 words)

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		The Morris Canal did receive for eastbound shipment a considerable tonnage of coal at Washington, New Jersey, from the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad between the years 1856 and 1870.
		On November 29, 1922, the Morris Canal passed into the hands of the State of New Jersey, with the exception of the property within the town limits of Phillipsburg and Jersey City (save the Little Basin).
		The history of the canal is preserved today through the efforts of local historical societies, the Canal Society of New Jersey, municipalities, and many private individuals such as myself.
	www.rootsweb.com /~njwarren/morriscn.html (2125 words)

	Morris Canal in Jersey City
		The extension of the canal from Newark to Jersey City was due to its prime location across the Hudson River from New York City, where it was met with available ferry service.
		Lock gates at the end of the canal allowed water to pass through the canal with the assistance of a pumping station near the Hackensack River.
		With the development of the railroads in the northeast, the use of the Morris Canal declined.
	www.njcu.edu /programs/jchistory/Pages/M_Pages/Morris_Canal.htm (430 words)

	Morris Canal in New Jersey
		The vision is to have this greenway extend across Warren County with the canal as a link to recreational, cultural, and historic areas including state parks and trails, plus municipal and county public open space.
		The canal travels through the scenic Musconetcong, Pohatcong and Lopatcong valleys for thirty-three miles from Phillipsburg, on the west, to the county line near Waterloo on the east.
		Meanwhile, Detrick says a 1987 study by Morrell, Historic Preservation Survey of the Morris Canal in Warren County, New Jersey, is another useful resource for people who want to explore remains of the canal from Phillipsburg to Allamuchy on the Sussex County border.
	www.njskylands.com /hsmorriscanal3.htm (776 words)

	Communication Relative to the Morris Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Governor Clinton has been so good as to visit, with the president of the company and the canal committee, the inclined planes at Rockaway, and to inspect the eastern division of the canal from the summit level to the Hudson, at the city of Jersey.
		It appears that this canal has been since undertaken under the auspices of an incorporated association, of which you are the president.
		The great number of locks that would be requisite for this purpose, the expense that would attend their erection, and the delay that would result from the passage, render it necessary that some substitute should be adopted, and inclined planes have been proposed as the most advisable.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/hosack/APP0L6.html (684 words)

	About Rockaway Township (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was the Morris Canal, one of the great engineering designs of the age, that brought renewed life to the iron industry.
		The Morris Canal began operating from Dover to Newark in 1831.
		Shortly after the Canal was opened, it was widened and deepened to handle 70-ton barges to replace the former built of the 25-ton size.
	www.gti.net /rocktwp/rthist.html (2993 words)

	The Morris Canal - National Canal Museum - Hugh Moore Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The stone entrance archway of the Morris Canal is visible on the New Jersey shore directly opposite the Guard Lock of the Delaware Canal.
		Beginning in the 1840's large amounts of high grade New Jersey iron ore were shipped West on the Morris Canal to the prosperous anthracite iron furnaces of the Lehigh Valley and upper Bucks County.
		Competition from railroads, however, eroded the canal's role as a coal carrier and in 1871, the Lehigh Valley Railroad secured a long term lease of the Morris Canal.
	www.canals.org /morris.htm (391 words)

	Charlie Morris and canal security
		The core of Charlie Morris’s presentation was a slide show about the history of canal defense, but in remarks beforehand, toward the end of the main presentation and in the discussion afterwards the latest problems in canal security took center stage.
		The canal’s defense strategists have periodically had to think about new potential enemies, but the lists of things that are critical --- the locks, the dams and the generators --- and those systems that can go out without shutting the canal, tend to be more constant.
		Neither Morris nor his successor expect that the restrictions on boating and fishing in Gatun Lake or the blocked access to some of the parks along the canal will be eased anytime soon.
	www.thepanamanews.com /pn/v_10/issue_03/business_01.html (674 words)

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