Morris Canal
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The Morris Canal was a 107-mile common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals in Easton, Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River from its wes
Lock 3 West at Waterloo Village, New Jersey
Chromolithograph of the canal from 1900
Canal in 2018 at Waterloo Village
Scotch or reaction turbine taken from Inclined Plane 3 East on display at Hopatcong State Park. This turbine, running with 47 feet (14 m) head at 58 rpm, venting 90.6 second feet, gives 30% efficiency. Water goes in the bottom, and comes out the sides, relieving pressure on bearings.
Elbląg Canal
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Elbląg Canal is a canal in Poland, in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, 80.5 kilometres in length, which runs southward from Lake Drużno, to the river Drwęca and lake Jeziorak. It can accommodate small ve
Morris Canal
…feet (178 m3) of water per lock) would consume 72,240 cubic feet (2,046 m3) for 12 locks (about 23 times more water) and would take 96 minutes. The Elbląg Canal, one of Seven Wonders of Poland, used the Morris Canal's technology as inspiration for its inclined planes; for that reason, the inclined planes on…
Aerial view, showing one of the inclined planes
The canal, ca. 1880, by Hermann Penner
Elbląg Canal inclined plane
Ship "Ostróda" on crossing