Morris and Essex Canal, near Mountain View, New Jersey, 1890-1901

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Artifact Overview

For nearly thirty years, 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of a section of the Morris Canal. The canal used a series of water-driven inclined planes to move anthracite, a type of coal, across northern New Jersey.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1890-1901

Subject Date

1890-1901

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.011556

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7 in
Width: 9.25 in

Morris and Essex Canal, near Mountain View, New Jersey, 1890-1901