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More photos/information on Poland's Elblag Canal, greatly influenced by the Morris Canal......

www.canalsocietynj.org/Elblag/index.html

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Here's an interesting related page on the now-defunct Foxton Inclined Plane in Great Britain.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxton_Inclined_Plane

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Another interesting (links) page from Great Britain.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Staircase_locks_of_England

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Canals in New Jersey......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Canals_in_New_Jersey

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Another interesting historical page; this one deals with the Delaware & Raritan Canal......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal

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Morris Canal facts......

www.morriscanal.org/kids.htm

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The famed and historic Erie Canal.......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal *

www.eriecanal.org

*A number of historic and modern era views and maps, here.......

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Information/photos on the time-honored C&O Canal........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal *

See also:

www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm

*This is another "in depth" page that features many rare historical views of the Canal, as well as modern-day scenes.

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Earlier in this thread, I'd mentioned the only electric plane on the Morris Canal, located at Orange St. in Newark.

This unusual "grade crossing" came about after a fatal collision between a DL&W train and a streetcar, in 1902; the DL&W then lowered its ROW to pass under Orange Street, and a new electric inclined plane (the only one on the Morris Canal) was built to haul canal boats over Orange Street, and then, back down again, on the other side.

At this location, an inverted siphon carried the canal water under the plane, the street, and, also the DL&W tracks.

In later years, this location became the site of the only grade crossing on the City Subway line....

"NYO"

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The obscure Dundee Canal, running through Clifton and Passaic.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee_Canal

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An interesting page on the old Delaware & Raritan Canal, another historic New Jersey canal with a great deal of history (a number of good photos on this page).......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal

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After the Morris Canal closed, the Canal Basin in Jersey City, which ran east/west alongside the LVRR float yards (across from the CNJ's passenger terminal) became a bustling hive of activity for the LV, through the 1960s.

there were several covered piers, lighterage wharves, and clusters of barges, carfloats, lighters, and tugboats.

By the mid-70s, virtually allof this activity stopped, and the Basin became a resting place for many abandoned vessels, including an ex-ERIE ferryboat.

Today,not a trace of the LV remains here today.

Back in the 60s, this was still a VERY bust area......

"NYO"

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Interesting topic on the canals. Missed this one back when you posted it. We have canals here, too, but they are only for irrigation.

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