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This mill got its power from an artificial pond: the high tide was trapped in the mouth of Cole's Brook by a dam with a special drop-gate, suspended from a horizontal timber. When the tides flowed out of the Hackensack River, the tidal millpond was slowly released through the waterwheel. Sloops pulled alongside the mill at New Bridge Landing.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Abbott Farm Archeological Site on December 8, 1976 for its significance in prehistory and science. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] The importance of this site was established in the late 19th century by Charles Conrad Abbott , an archaeologist whose farm was located on one of the bluffs ...
New Bridge was a prosperous mill hamlet, centered upon a bridge strategically placed at the narrows of the Hackensack River.In the American Revolution, New Bridge Landing was the site of a strategic bridge crossing the Hackensack River, where General George Washington led his troops in retreat from British forces November 20, 1776.
Society for Industrial Archeology reference 1105151 NJ State Historic Preservation Office ID 5121 Old NJ Route 27 over Millstone River NJ State Historic Preservation Office Opinion Date 10/20/2011 (Listed as part of Kingston Mill Historic District) Also located in: Middlesex County, South Brunswick Township Somerset County, Franklin Township
The Howell Living History Farm, also known as the Joseph Phillips Farm, is a 130-acre (53 ha) living open-air museum located north of Titusville in the Pleasant Valley section of Hopewell Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. [3] [4] The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1977, for its significance in ...
The Methodist congregation formed in 1832 and built the current church in 1863. [6] Baptists built a church in 1872, but it was sold after membership declined and is now owned by Evangel Chapel. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The Main Street Bridge , a Pratt truss bridge crossing the South Branch Raritan River, was designed by Francis C. Lowthorp and built in ...
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Fosterfields, also known as Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, is a 213.4-acre (86.4 ha) farm and open-air museum at the junction of Mendham and Kahdena Roads in Morris Township, New Jersey. The oldest structure on the farm, the Ogden House, was built in 1774. [ 5 ]