Starting in 1831, the 102-mile-long Morris Canal became one of New Jersey’s first major transportation systems. It delivered anthracite coal from Pennsylvania to growing industrial cities like Paterson and transported tons of New Jersey magnetite iron ore to furnaces in the Lehigh Valley. In 1837, the canal company built an impressive 17.5-mile-level that took the canal across two major rivers and around the Watchung Mountains without an elevation change. At Little Falls, the canal crossed the Passaic River on a massive brownstone aqueduct, and at Mountain View, a six-mile-long feeder brought additional water to help fill the canal and allowed canal boats to travel north to Pompton Lakes. #morriscanal #seepassaiccounty #richhistorybrightfuture #njhistory #passaiccounty
Image Courtesy of the Canal Society of New Jersey
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