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Riggs Canal Park N the Early 1800S, Silas Riggs Moved Past Still Remain Today NO.127, SEPTEMBER 2017 RIGGS CanaL PARK n the early 1800s, Silas Riggs moved past still remain today. The original usable public open space. This year to Ledgewood from Mendham, Riggs homestead survived, and in however, with the Morris Canal Gre- Iestablished a leather tanning busi- 1962 was moved a short distance to enway project gaining momentum, ness, and occupied a simple East Jersey be part of the Drakesville Historic we have once again opened discus- cottage along the newly built Morris District. His grander second home sions with Roxbury about turning Turnpike. The area was then known survived into the mid-1900s and was the site into Riggs Canal Park. as Drakesville. As his fortunes grew, used as a newspaper office until it The first step came in May when he acquired a considerable amount of was destroyed by fire. The land on members of Netcong’s land, andin the 1820s, built a fine new which the house stood contained an Grace Church on the home on the other side of the turnpike intact section of the canal and the Mount offered to road. When the Morris Canal & Bank- lower end of Lock 1 East. When send volunteers ing Company planned the route of this property was offered for sale in to work on its canal through his property, he saw 2006, the Canal Society used Green (Continued on page 2) the advantage. Now a businessman of Acres funding to acquire the land some note, he sought and was awarded and donated it to Rox- a contract to build the section of ca- bury Township. nal running through Drakesville. This Unfortunately, for may have been the first length of canal years a lack of ad- to be completed. He later owned and equate funding operated two boats on the canal. stalled plans to Although the canal has been re- turn the 5.82- placed by highways and open farm acre property land by shopping malls, traces of the into a MEETINGS Morris County Cultural Center 300 Mendham Road, Morris Township In the picture above, a mule team gets a few minutes to September 15, 7:30 p.m. Refreshments at 7:10 munch from their feed baskets while, in the background, Friday, spectators gather to watch as an eastbound canal boat HUDSON MAXIM BY MARTY KANE exits Lock 1 East. When this picture was taken in the alled by Thomas Edison “the most versatile early 1900s, sightseers from the city sometimes stopped man in America,” Hudson Maxim was an in- to take photos of the quaint operations of the soon-to-be- ventor,C scientist, author, and explosives expert. abandoned Morris Canal. While best known to those interested in the Morris Canal due to his passionate support for its abandon- (Continued on page 4) RIGGS CanaL PARK (Continued from page 1) the park. Representatives from the CSNJ, the church, and Roxbury township walked the site and laid out a loop trail through the proper- ty. On May 20, dozens of volunteers arrived along with a landscaper with professional equipment. They spent the day cutting trees and brush and scraping dirt from the old parking lot, a remnant from the time when the Riggs mansion was used as an office. By the afternoon, a walk- able trail had been cleared. The path extends from the parking lot to the lock site, then along the canal tow- path and back past the site of the Riggs house. It is a great start. However, there is still a lot to The crew of a westbound work scow, mules, mule tender, and bystanders all take a moment to be done to bring the property up pose for a picture while the boat is being raised in Lock 1 East in Ledgewood. In the distance is to township park standards. In the the road and trolley bridge that once crossed the canal where Routes 10 and 46 intersect today. months ahead, brush along East Main Street will be cleared, grass planted, signage installed, and the LIncOLN PARK parking lot rearranged. To help get things started, the CSNJ has already donated two kiosks that will hold GREENWAY TRAIL OPENING interpretive signage and we will be n June 3, an enthusiastic crowd dedicated parking area close to the contributing funds to help pay for gathered in Lincoln Park to trail head and additional interpre- site improvements. If you would Ocelebrate the opening of a newly tive signage donated by the CSNJ. like to watch as the park takes shape, completed section of the Morris Canal In the meantime, use the map in last the site is located just east of 199 Greenway Trail. This project was spon- May’s On the Level or available on East Main Street in Ledgewood. n sored by the Lincoln Park Health De- the CSNJ website to walk and enjoy partment, headed by Kathy Skrobala, as the trail now. n a way to combine history with healthy outdoor rec- reation. CSNJ volunteers helped clear the trail and the society created, fabricated, and installed interpretive signage in a trail-head ki- osk built by the Lincoln Park Maintenance Depart- ment. CSNJ President Joe Macasek led the crowd on a tour of the new pathway. In addition, the event featured Atlantic Health System’s Walk with a Doc Program and its theme, The trail, pictured above, winds through the “Be Active, Eat Healthy, new Riggs Canal Park. Have Fun.” A new kiosk at the Lincoln Park trail head features signage Future plans include a created and funded for by the CSNJ. 2 THE CanaL MUSEUM AT WATERLOO – OPEN FOR BUSINEss! By Tim Roth f you haven’t been to the Canal Society’s museum at Waterloo Village lately, now is Ia great time to go. For the first time in a decade, the Canal Museum has been open ev- ery Saturday and Sunday in June, July, and August for the 2017 season. More than 1,000 visitors have come through the museum door, and more than $600 has been collected in sales and donations. One reason why the museum days were in- creased is to take advantage of the State Parks’ scheduling at Waterloo, where programming is now available on both weekend days. If you The Canal Society’s museum at Waterloo. visit Waterloo on Saturday, you can tour his- sey’s two towpath canals. The the two canals, including James toric 19th-century buildings such as the canal first floor covers the Morris Ca- Lee’s interviews with Morris Ca- store, the gristmill, and the blacksmith shop. nal and contains historic photo- nal workers. If you make the trip on Sunday, you can visit graphs of Waterloo showing how Of course, the museum could the Lenape village to learn how the native in- the village looked during the ca- not have been open for so many habitants of this land lived thousands of years nal era. Models of a lock and in- days if not for a team of dedi- ago. Of course, if you visit on one of the Canal clined plane help visitors better cated volunteers to serve as do- Society’s Heritage Days at Waterloo, you can understand how the Morris Ca- cents. A special thank you to experience additional attractions, such as canal nal overcame the extreme chang- Bob Barth for spearheading the boat rides, live entertainment, and additional es in elevation. The second floor effort to expand the museum craft demonstrations. The Canal Museum is features a room dedicated to the opening, recruiting the docents, open on all of these days. Delaware & Raritan Canal, as and organizing the project, and Located in a 19th century tenant house, the well as tools used on and around to all those who took the time Canal Museum offers two stories of exhibits, the canals. Visitors can also relax to join in. We would like to con- artifacts, and historic photographs of New Jer- and view educational videos on (Continued on page 4) D&R CanaL FALL TOUR – OCTOBER 20 THRU 22 he Pennsylvania Canal Society, Delaware & Raritan Canal feeder Our hotel for the tour is the the D&R Canal Watch, and the on our Fall 2017 Field Trip on Oc- Holiday Inn in Bensalem, PA. Our TCanal Society of New Jersey tober 20–22. The motorcoach will banquet dinner will be at the hotel will sponsor a motorcoach tour of the leave our hotel at 8 a.m. on Satur- and will feature a program by au- day the 21st. thor Linda Barth. Optional Sunday Bob Barth will lead our tour of tours may include the Roebling the 22-mile feeder along the Dela- Museum, Grounds for Sculpture, ware River and the tidal area of the the Kuser Farm Mansion, Howell D&R Canal above Bordentown, in- Living History Farm, and the Hol- cluding Lock 1. We’ll start at Bulls combe-Jimison Farmstead. Island and then visit the Prallsville Registration check-in will be in the Mill, Lambertville, Washington’s hotel lobby from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday. A Crossing, the Battle Monument, Saturday preview by Bob Barth will and confluence in Trenton. Finally be in the Greenwood or Schuylkill we’ll take NJ Transit Light Rail at Room from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday. n Bordentown, which follows the Please use the registration form route of the canal and the Camden A canal boat unloading at Perseverance Paper on page 5 to sign up for the tour. Mill along the D&R feeder near Lambertville. and Amboy Railroad. 3 NDUSTRIAL MEETINGS I (Continued from page 1) ERITAGE ALKS ment, his greatest fame came from his inventions in modern warfare, as the H W inventor of smokeless powder and other propellants, shells, and torpedoes.
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