This site is the former home of the late James S. Lee, Sr. (pictured left), Morris Canal author and historian. Plan 9 West is located on Rt. 519 1/2 mile south of Route 57 intersection east of Phillipsburg. The address for obtaining directions is 477 County Route 519, Stewartsville NJ 08886. Some facts about Plane…
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Plane 9 West Sites
Canal Prism (West of Stryker’s Road)
The prism is the watered channel of the canal that carried boats between the canal’s locks and inclined planes.
Bridge abutment
This stone bridge abutment elevated Morris Canal Bridge #6 over the canal so that boats could pass underneath.
Waste Weir at Stryker’s
The ruins of a waste weir are located between Stryker’s Road and the bottom of Plane 9 West that helped regulate the level of water in the canal.
Brakeman’s House
The Brakeman’s house is probably the original plane tender’s house for Plane 9 West.
Plane Tender’s House
The two-family Plane Tender’s House was built around 1850 for the plane tender and his family as well as another canal employee.
Bottom of the Plane
Canal boats were loaded on and off of cradle cars that carried the boats on rails up the inclined plane.
Tailrace
The tailrace carried water exhausted from the turbine down to the bottom of the inclined plane.
Top of Turbine Chamber
At the top of the turbine chamber there was a large wooden structure known as the Power House.
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Plane 10 West Sites
Sycamore Landing
This stretch of the canal left the industrial areas of Phillipsburg behind for the pastoral farm fields of the upper Lopatcong Creek valley.
Lock Plane
Before planes were powered by a scotch-reaction turbine, a water wheel was used to raise and lower boats.
Plane Tender’s House
Although greatly modified from its original appearance the plane tender’s house at the top of Plane 10 West still exists today.
About Plane 10
Plane 10 West’s turbine chamber is filled by a natural spring and may contain remains of the original turbine. See pictures of this Morris Canal site by scrolling through the photo Gallery. Click left and right on the image to move to the next. From the Delaware River the Morris Canal climbs uphill, one level…
Bottom of Plane 10
The bottom of Plane 10 West is still visible across Lopatcong Creek from an early stone springhouse.
Lock St. Kiosk
A great variety and number of historic features and sites are located along Lock Street.
