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Re: (erielack) Re: EL List Daily V3 #1955
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Charles_Walsh_@_berlex.com wrote: . I'm curious if in fact the Canal was up against
the mountain and the tracks adjacent (or vice versa) and where the DL&W
crossed the canal. This would not have been far from where the station was
in Paterson.
Chuck
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Chuck,
I am pretty the canal ran closer to the mountian, the canal bed and towpath still lead right up to the former ROW that is now Route 80 eastbound just prior to the Squirelwood Road exit. (Where they discovered that piece of rail).
Here's a neat photo of a DL&W freight train somewhere east of Garret Mountian in the Clifton - Paterson area. Also some images of th ecanal in the area. This is a discription of the Morris Canal photos...
This photo shows the Morris Canal after abandonment with some water left still flowing under the Broad St. bridge. Notice the RR telegraph poles similarity. The RR is Delaware, Lacakawanna & Western and the tracks are just on the approach into the now gone Paterson Station. In fact the location today is entirely changed. This old RR canal right-of-way is now Rte 19 highway north on its approach to connect with Route 80 at the base of Garrett Mountain. I believe in your photo the Garrett Rock profile can be seen passing behind the girders of the RR bridge in the distance. The bridge was for the passage of the canal under the RR, as you see it bends to the right in the distance The canal then paralleled the RR on the opposite side (North Side) through Paterson then returning back to this side in what is now West Paterson. Up the hill to the left some ways across Valley Road is Lambert Castle. Broad St. later was cut under the RR by a bridge and connected to Hazel!
Road.
The RR bed was then utilized for completion of Rte 19 around 30 years ago."
Somewhere I recall seeing a postcard showing the canal up against the mountain.
Todd ~
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