1830 - 1935
The State Street Locks were located here. The canal was 42.9 miles long and there were 14 locks between Bordentown and New Brunswick via Bound Brook. The feeder extended 21.6 miles from Raven Rock. The main stream was 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep. The company, incorporated in 1830, opened the waterway on June 26, 1834. Maximum freight traffic in 1866 was 2,857,244 tons (chiefly coal going to New York Harbor).| HM Number | HM6HO |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1964 |
| Placed By | Trenton Tercentenary Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, September 7th, 2014 at 6:53am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 520573 N 4452275 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.22065000, -74.75820000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 13.239', W 74° 45.492' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 13' 14.34" N, 74° 45' 29.52" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 609 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2-48 Armory Dr, Trenton NJ 08611, US |
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