Newark Waterways, Wharfs & Bridges

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252 viewsPhoto from Alberto Gonzalo
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Replacing Asphalt on Jackson Street Bridge with Wood Blocks252 viewsMay 29, 1904
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Morris Canal is Useless Commercially Under Present Conditions of Neglect252 viewsJanuary 28, 1906
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Boy Drowned in Canal252 viewsJune 5, 1904
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1909 Map251 views
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1872 Map251 views
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Riverside Drive at the Foot of Chester Avenue, A Spot that is Bound to Increase in Importance249 viewsAugust 19, 1906
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Heat and Evil Odors249 viewsAugust 26, 1900
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1911 Map248 views
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Rescued from the Canal247 viewsMay 24, 1903
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Under Centre Market246 views1868 Map
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Lock Street245 views1911 Map
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Central Avenue, Dickerson Street & Duryee Street244 views1908 Map
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Central Avenue, Norfolk Street243 views1908 Map
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1889 Map241 views
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Central Avenue241 views1929
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1912 Map241 views
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To Protect City Dock241 viewsOctober 7, 1906
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Lock Street239 views1868 Map
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Swimming238 viewsPhoto from Irvin Volk
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238 viewsPhoto from "Quarter Century's Progress of NJ Leading Manufacturing Centers" 1887
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Academy Street237 views1868 Map
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1892 Map237 views
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A Narrow Escape237 viewsAugust 7, 1881
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Plane Street235 views1908 map
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Accepted Plan for Clay Street Bridge235 viewsApril 8,1906
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North & South Canal Street234 views1868 Map
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Lock Street234 views1873 Map
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1912 Map234 views
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Academy Street232 views1868 Map
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1912 Map232 views
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Lock Street between Warren Street & New Street231 views1908 Map
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Orange Street - Inclined Plane230 views1908 Map
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Railroad Scheming Strangled Industry of the Morris Canal230 viewsClick to enlarge to a readable size.
Newark Sunday Call February 11, 1906
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Orange Street229 viewsPhoto from "The Morris Canal" by James Lee
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Toll Collector's Office229 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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New Street Bend228 views1868 Map
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1889 Map228 views
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1912 Map226 views
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South Canal Street226 views1892 Map
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Lock #19 East226 views
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1889 Map226 views
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1912 Map226 views
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Fifth Avenue Bridge224 views1892 Map
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October 2017220 viewsPhoto by Alan Braunstein
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1915220 viewsPhotos from "Comprehensive Plan of Newark 1915"
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Railroad Scheming Strangled Industry of the Morris Canal220 viewsFebruary 11, 1906
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1889 Map219 views
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Orange Street Bridge218 views1892 Map
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Discussed the Canal Question218 viewsDecember 17, 1905
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Lockwood Street Bridge217 views1892 Map
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1889 Map216 views
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Going Under Washington Street214 views1868 Map
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High Street to Pennsylvania Railroad214 views
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Lock No. 12213 views1892 Map
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1892 Map213 viewsWashington Avenue
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1908 Map212 views
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Summit Street212 views1908 Map
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Pennsylvania Railroad to Passaic River212 views
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1912 Map211 views
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Prospect Street to Adams Street209 views
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209 viewsPhoto from Pete Bruno
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Passaic River Pollution209 views
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Morris Canal at Broad Street Looking West208 views
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207 viewsPhoto from the New Jersey State Archives
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Second from Right207 views
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1892 Map206 viewsMt. Prospect Avenue
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Morris Canal at Mulberry Street206 viewsPhoto from the Library of Congress
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The Reversionary Rights in the Morris Canal and the Company's Lakes206 viewsApril 22, 1900
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206 viewsPhoto by Henry B. Kummel
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205 viewsPhoto by Henry B. Kummel
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Lock 17203 views
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Ironbound203 views
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Sussex Avenue Bridge202 views1892 Map
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1892 Map197 views
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Morris Canal at Market Street & South Canal Street197 viewsPhotos from "Essex County Illustrated 1897"
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Ironbound197 views
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Broad Street Looking East195 views
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Orange Street to High Street194 views
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194 viewsPhoto from the New Jersey State Archives
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190 viewsPhoto from Rutgers University
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190 viewsPhoto from John Prieto
Photo by Henry B. Kummel
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189 viewsPhoto from "Quarter Century's Progress of NJ Leading Manufacturing Centers" 1887
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1855186 viewsPhoto from “Ballou’s Pictorial” April 14, 1855
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186 viewsPhoto from the New Jersey State Archives
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186 viewsPhoto from the New Jersey State Archives
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185 viewsDrawing from Henry A. Jewel
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184 viewsPhoto from the New Jersey State Archives
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Looking west from Broad Street183 viewsThis is a photo of the Morris Canal looking west from about 100 feet west of Broad Street. The building on the right is L. S. Plaut Department Store. The first bridge is Halsey Street and you can see the inclined plane in the distance that went from Plane Street to Summit Street.
Photo from Henry A. Jewell
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How Fairmount Reservoir on South Orange Avenue is Cleaned182 viewsJune 26, 1904
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Inclined Plane180 views
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At the Passaic River178 viewsPhoto from the Samuel Berg Collection at the Newark Public Library
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Along Passaic Avenue173 views
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1930 Map173 views
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