Text Box: FORMER DIRECTOR PHIL JAEGER TO PRESENT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM      On Wednesday, September 27, Phil Jaeger will present a slide program entitled, "Yesterday's Canals, Railroads and Trolleys in the Cedar Grove-Little Falls Area," at the Cedar Grove Historical Society, Cedar Grove Public Library, at the rear of the municipal building at 525 Pompton Avenue. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. and all are invited.      Topics included in the program are: the Morris Canal, East Jersey Water Company intake canal, Montclair Railway and its successors, Caldwell Railway, and the Paterson -Singac trolley. Of special interest is the remains of  the never-completed predecessor to the Caldwell Railway. Construction of the road, including the boring of a one-mile tunnel through First Mountain, began in 1872 and ended during the Panic of 1873.      Phil, a retired mathematics teacher, is currently a trustee of  the Passaic County Historical Society.  He is the author of the Cedar Grove and Montclair books in Arcadia's Images of America series.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                  WEST PATERSON MORRIS CANAL HIKE AND JERSEY CITY BIKE TOUR PLANNED

                              SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 10 AM, WEST PATERSON LIBRARY

 

     Come join the fun as we resume the CSNJ Morris Canal hikes. Long-timers and newbies are welcome. Ron Rice, map archivist, will lead the tours,
honoring our leader of ten previous West Paterson hikes, the famous tiller shark, Frank Mentone.                                                                                                                     
     Ron states, "I wanted to volunteer and help the CSNJ, and I thought this would be a great way to generate some new members and
interest in my neighborhood canal sites. Frank's tours were always well-attended; the last one was held in 1999 (see photo below), so I'm sure a lot of folks
will want to see the new developments along our ol' MC. I recommend that others find ways to help the CSNJ by volunteering some of their time to
help preserve the towpath canals of NJ.  Frank promises to bring a few of his new jokes to start the festivities!”      
The West Paterson/Totowa/Wayne border tour will take about four hours (and about four miles) of easy walking, with only a few slight uphill climbs
(about four miles) Bring water and lunch. Only a downpour will cancel the hike.

   Sites: Many stretches of intact prism and towpath, road and aqueducts' abutments, 70-foot drops from canal to Passaic River valley, MC historical|
parks & walkways, mill pond, dam, falls & carpet mill, cornerstone brownstones from Little Falls aqueduct, and water pipelines in bed of canal.

    Meet at 10 a.m. at West Paterson Library parking lot on Brophy Lane, off McBride Avenue. (just south of Rte 80)

 Please see "More COMING EVENTS, West Paterson Morris Canal Walk & Jersey City Morris Canal Bike Tour" link on Home Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo by Ron Rice

Jersey City Bike Tour. Date in Oct or Nov (to be determined) Please call now, so we can see if there’s enough interest to run a Sunday bike
tour for the entire 8 miles of the MC in JC, from Liberty State Park to the Route 1-9 bridge over the Hackensack. For further information and to register,
please contact Mark Hamill (908-561-1250; hamill-123@comcast.net) and provide your phone number, email address, and which tour you wish to
attend. Also, if you can help clear the West Paterson Morris Canal trail a week before, please advise.

Please see "More COMING EVENTS, West Paterson Morris Canal Walk & Jersey City Morris Canal Bike Tour" link on Home Page

 

 

 

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