Jump to content

Port Warren, New Jersey

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Port Warren, New Jersey
Jim and Mary Lee Morris Canal Museum
Jim and Mary Lee Morris Canal Museum
Port Warren is located in Warren County, New Jersey
Port Warren
Port Warren
Port Warren is located in New Jersey
Port Warren
Port Warren
Port Warren is located in the United States
Port Warren
Port Warren
Coordinates: 40°41′41″N 75°8′26″W / 40.69472°N 75.14056°W / 40.69472; -75.14056
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyWarren
TownshipGreenwich
Elevation79 m (259 ft)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID879449[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]

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c 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.
[edit]