July 29, 2016
Author: Jim Lee III
Narrated by,
Jim Lee Jr.
July 29, 2016
Author: Jim Lee III
Narrated by,
Jim Lee Jr.
Before planes were powered by a scotch-reaction turbine, a water wheel was used to raise and lower boats. 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. Many different incline plane designs were tried on the early Morris Canal.… Continue Reading
The Brakeman’s house is probably the original plane tender’s house for Plane 9 West.
The two-family Plane Tender’s House was built around 1850 for the plane tender and his family as well as another canal employee.
Canal boats were loaded on and off of cradle cars that carried the boats on rails up the inclined plane.
The tailrace carried water exhausted from the turbine down to the bottom of the inclined plane.
At the top of the turbine chamber there was a large wooden structure known as the Power House.
