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Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 10 West, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Summary
Significance: The Inclined Plane known as 10 West of the Morris Canal is one of the few remaining salvageable planes of the system. The Morris Canal was the first to utilize this system of canal navigation in America. Without the inclined Plane the Morris Canal would have had to overcome the elevational changes with locks. So many locks would have been needed that the cost of the canal could have been driven beyond feasibility.
Survey number: HAER NJ-30
Building/structure dates: 1831 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Morris Canal & Banking Company
Location
Phillipsburg (N.J.), 40.69371, -75.19018
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
