Port Warren, New Jersey

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Port Warren, New Jersey
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Coordinates: 40°41′41″N75°8′26″W / 40.69472°N 75.14056°W / 40.69472; -75.14056
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County Warren
Township Greenwich
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79 m (259 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID879449 [1]

Port Warren is an unincorporated community located within Greenwich Township in Warren County, New Jersey. [1]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Port Warren
  2. "Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 9 West" (PDF). HAER, National Park Service.
  3. "Jim & Mary Lee Morris Canal Museum at Plane 9 West". State of New Jersey, Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism.
  4. "Water and the Canal" (PDF). Warren County Morris Canal Greenway.