unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
Inclined Plane
An inclined plane, also known as a ramp, is a flat supporting surface tilted at an angle from the vertical direction, with one end higher than the other, used as an aid for raising or lowering a load. The inclined plane is one of the six clas ...
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. The plane tender's house is now the Jim and Mary Lee Morris Canal Museum. The interaction of the
Lopatcong Creek
Lopatcong Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 21st, 2019 tributary of the Delaware River in Warren County, New Jersey in the United States.
The source of ...
with the canal resulted in building an overflow and waste weir downstream of the inclined plane.
Gallery
File:Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 9 West, Port Warren, NJ - looking east.jpg, View looking toward the summit of Inclined Plane 9 West of the Morris Canal
File:Inclined Plane 9 West near port Warren from HABS.png, Similar view from the Historic American Engineering Record
File:Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 9 West, Port Warren, NJ - plane summit.jpg, Cables on sleeper stones at the summit
File:Port Warren, NJ - Morris Canal Overflow and Waste Weir.jpg, Overflow and waste weir site