Port Warren, New Jersey
Port Warren, New Jersey | |
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Jim and Mary Lee Morris Canal Museum | |
Port Warren Port Warren Port Warren | |
| Coordinates: 40°41′41″N 75°8′26″W / 40.69472°N 75.14056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Warren |
| Township | Greenwich |
| Elevation | 79 m (259 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 879449[1] |
Port Warren is an unincorporated community located within Greenwich Township in Warren County, New Jersey.[1]
Inclined Plane 9 West of the Morris Canal was located here. It was the largest plane of the canal and also one of only three double-track planes.[2] The plane tender's house is now the Jim and Mary Lee Morris Canal Museum.[3] The interaction of the Lopatcong Creek with the canal resulted in building an overflow and waste weir downstream of the inclined plane.[4]
Gallery
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View looking toward the summit of Inclined Plane 9 West of the Morris Canal
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Similar view from the Historic American Engineering Record
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Cables on sleeper stones at the summit
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Overflow and waste weir site
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Port Warren
- ^ "Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 9 West" (PDF). HAER, National Park Service.
- ^ "Jim & Mary Lee Morris Canal Museum at Plane 9 West". State of New Jersey, Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism.
- ^ "Water and the Canal" (PDF). Warren County Morris Canal Greenway.
External links
- Media related to Port Warren, New Jersey at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NJ-29-D, "Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 9 West, Port Warren, Warren County, NJ", 2 photos, 2 data pages
- "Plane 9 West – Greenwich: Port Warren". Warren County Morris Canal Greenway.
- "Port Warren Heritage Area" (PDF). Warren County Morris Canal Greenway.