NEVERSINK VALLEY MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INNOVATION PRESENTS: HISTORY TALK

with Bob Barth on the ” The Morris Canal”

Neversink Valley Museum of History and Innovation presents the fifth installment of its History Lecture Series on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at 7:00 pm when Bob Barth will speak about The Morris Canal at the D&H Canal Park Visitors’ Center, 58 Hoag Road (just off Route 209 in Cuddebackville, NY). Light refreshments will be served.

From the NJ Canal Society’s Website:
The Morris Canal was the brainchild of Morristown businessman George Macculloch, who envisioned a commerce route that could surmount North Jersey’s rugged terrain to ship coal, iron ore, farm produce and other products across the state. To conquer an unprecedented 1,674-foot change in elevation – 760 feet from the Delaware River at Phillipsburg up to Lake Hopatcong, the summit level, and 914 feet back down to tidewater at Newark Bay – the Morris Canal used a series of locks and a new innovation, the inclined plane. Operated from 1831 to 1924, the Morris Canal was considered an engineering marvel of its time, but, by the end of its life, it had been surpassed by railroads as a shipping route.

Although employed on a smaller scale on English canals, the inclined plane was adapted for the Morris Canal and used to conquer changes of elevation anywhere from 35 feet to 100 feet. The canal boats were floated onto a cradle car, which was pulled out of the water, then up or down on iron rails to the next section of canal. Those iron rails were supported by heavy stone sleepers, which on several of the planes can still be seen, often with a groove worn into them by the thick cable that raised and lowered the cradle car.

This History Talk will be held Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at 7:00 PM at the D & H Canal Park Visitor’s Center, 58 Hoag Road, (just off Route 209) Cuddebackville, NY. Suggested donation is $5.00 for members and $7.00 for non-members. Light refreshments will be served
The Neversink Valley Museum is open Sundays from noon until 4:00 pm through October 28 and by appointment. For more information about the museum, its mission to preserve local history or any events, call (845) 754-8870 or check the website: www.neversinkmuseum.org. Or email at nvam@neversinkmuseum.org
The museum is at 26 Hoag Road, in Cuddebackville.
Cost: $5 for Museum Members – $7 for Non-Members
Organizer: The Neversink Valley Museum of History & Innovation
Phone: (845) 754-8870
Email: nvam@neversinkmuseum.org
Website: https://neversinkmuseum.org
Venue: D&H Canal Park Visitor’s Center
58 Hoag Road
Cuddebackville, NY. 12729

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