Morris Canal

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The Morris Canal was a historic 19th-century New Jersey canal that transported coal and other goods across the state using an innovative system of inclined planes and locks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
historic transportation infrastructure ⓘ
alsoCarried farm products ⓘ
general merchandise ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
builtFor transportation of anthracite coal ⓘ
chartered 1824 ⓘ
closed 1924 ⓘ
completed 1831 ⓘ
connects Delaware River ⓘ
Hudson River ⓘ
constructionBegan 1825 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedToTransport coal from Pennsylvania to New York Harbor ⓘ
endPoint Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey City
engineer George P. MacCulloch ⓘ
follows Passaic River valley ⓘ
Pompton River valley ⓘ
linked to: Pompton River
hasPart inclined planes ⓘ
locks ⓘ
hasRemnant Inclined Plane 9 West ⓘ
Morris Canal Greenway ⓘ
Waterloo Village ⓘ
heritageDesignation listed segments on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
length approximately 102 miles ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey ⓘ
northern New Jersey ⓘ
maximumElevationChange over 1,600 feet ⓘ
notableFor inclined planes ⓘ
lock system ⓘ
numberOfInclinedPlanes 23 ⓘ
numberOfLocks 34 ⓘ
opened 1831 ⓘ
owner Morris Canal and Banking Company ⓘ
passesThrough Boonton ⓘ
linked to: Boonton, New Jersey

Dover ⓘ
Jersey City ⓘ
Newark ⓘ
Paterson ⓘ
Phillipsburg ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
primaryCargo anthracite coal ⓘ
replacedBy railroads ⓘ
significance facilitated industrial development in New Jersey ⓘ
startPoint Phillipsburg, New Jersey ⓘ
status abandoned ⓘ
partially preserved ⓘ

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Waterloo Village → locatedOnWaterway → Morris Canal ⓘ
Morris Canal Basin → wasPartOf → Morris Canal ⓘ
Morris Canal Basin → connectedTo → Morris Canal ⓘ
Waterways of New Jersey → hasPart → Morris Canal (historic) ⓘ
linked to: Morris Canal
Byram Township, New Jersey → waterBody → Morris Canal (historic alignment through Waterloo Village) ⓘ
linked to: Morris Canal