Raritan Water Power Canal
The Raritan Water Power Canal in Raritan, New Jersey was a three-mile long water power canal built during the early 1840s to power industries. The canal has been determined to be eligible for the National Register.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duke Island Park and Raritan station.
Duke Island Park
Nature reserve
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Duke Island Park is a Somerset County Park in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. The park includes trails, which are part of the Raritan River Greenway and currently connects the southwestern corner of Bridgewater with Raritan center and Hillsborough Township.
Raritan station
Railway station
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Raritan is an NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Raritan, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, north of the town center on Thompson Street. Raritan station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Raritan Water Power Canal.
Somerville New Cemetery, Somerville
Cemetery
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Somerville Cemetery refers to two cemeteries located in Somerville, New Jersey, in the United States. The "Old Cemetery" was founded about 1813, but its small size meant that it quickly filled. Somerville New Cemetery, Somerville is situated 2½ miles east of Raritan Water Power Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bradley Gardens and Milltown.
Bradley Gardens
Hamlet
Bradley Gardens is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Bridgewater Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the CDP's population was 14,206.
Milltown
Hamlet
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Milltown is a borough in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is nestled within the heart of the Raritan Valley region, with Lawrence Brook flowing through the center of the community. Milltown is situated 1½ miles northwest of Raritan Water Power Canal.
Raritan
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Raritan is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,835, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 954 from the 2010 census count of 6,881, which in turn had reflected an increase of 543 from the 6,338 counted at the 2000 census.
Raritan Water Power Canal
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in New Jersey, United States of America
- Categories: power canal and body of water
- Location: Somerset County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Raritan Water Power Canal” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Raritan Water Power Canal”
Localities in the Area
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