Port Warren, New Jersey

Populated place in Warren County, New Jersey, US

Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States

40°41′41″N 75°8′26″W / 40.69472°N 75.14056°W / 40.69472; -75.14056Country

United StatesState

New JerseyCounty Warren Township GreenwichElevation

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79 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]

Gallery

View looking toward the summit of Inclined Plane 9 West of the Morris Canal
Similar view from the Historic American Engineering Record
Cables on sleeper stones at the summit
Overflow and waste weir site

References

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

External links

Media related to Port Warren, New Jersey at Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NJ-29-D, "Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 9 West, Port Warren, Warren County, NJ", 2 photos, 2 data pages
"Plane 9 West – Greenwich: Port Warren". Warren County Morris Canal Greenway.
"Port Warren Heritage Area" (PDF). Warren County Morris Canal Greenway.