Inclined Plane / Morris

Inclined Plane / Morris is a New Jersey historical marker in Warren County.

Upper Marker: Inclined Plane One of the 23 Inclined Planes used to raise and lower boats of the Morris Canal, built in 1831. Phillipsburg was the western terminus. Lower Marker: Morris Canal 1824-1924 National Register Landmark Marker is on Uniontown Road (County Road 519 at milepost Inclined

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1828 · New Jersey (T. Gordon, 1828) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1834 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1871 · Plate F. East Central Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1890 · Easton, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1847), 1847, covering the location of Inclined Plane / Morris, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1847), 1847, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Inclined Plane / Morris

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