Pompton Dam
The Pompton Dam is a run-of-the-river spillway constructed as part of the Morris Canal system in the Pompton Plains section of Pequannock, New Jersey, United States in the 1920s to increase land value and provide water retention by creating a backwater on the Pompton River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States of America
- Also known as: “Aquatic Park Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Schuyler–Colfax House and Chilton Memorial Hospital.
Schuyler–Colfax House
Museum
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The Schuyler–Colfax House is located at 2343 Paterson Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1695 by Arent Schuyler. Schuyler–Colfax House is situated 1 mile north of Pompton Dam.
Chilton Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Chilton Medical Center is a non-profit acute care community hospital in the Pompton Plains section of Pequannock Township, New Jersey. Located at 97 West Parkway, it is the only hospital serving the Pequannock Township area. Chilton Memorial Hospital is situated 2 miles southwest of Pompton Dam.
Pequannock Township High School
School
Pequannock Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Pequannock Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Pequannock Township School District. Pequannock Township High School is situated 1½ miles southwest of Pompton Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pequannock and Pines Lake.
Pequannock
Town
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Pequannock Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 15,571, an increase of 31 from the 2010 census count of 15,540, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,652 from the 13,888 counted in the 2000 census.
Pines Lake
Suburb
Pines Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on a lake in Wayne, in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Pines Lake was started in the 1920s as a vacation community around a man-made lake approximately 1.5 miles long and 0.5 miles wide. Pines Lake is situated 1½ miles northeast of Pompton Dam.
Riverdale
Village
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Riverdale is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,107, an increase of 548 from the 2010 census count of 3,559, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,061 from the 2,498 counted in the 2000 census. Riverdale is situated 2 miles northwest of Pompton Dam.
Pompton Dam
- Category: spillway
- Location: Wayne Township, Passaic County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Pompton Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pompton Dam”
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