Waterloo Village, New Jersey
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N 40° 54.972 W 074° 45.578
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a restored 19th-century canal town in Byram Township, Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey
Waymark Code: WMWZVQ
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2017
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According to Wikipedia, "Waterloo Village is a restored 19th-century canal town in Byram Township, Sussex County (west of Stanhope) in northwestern New Jersey, United States. The community was approximately the half-way point in the roughly 102-mile (165 km) trip along the Morris Canal, which ran from Jersey City (across the Hudson River from Manhattan, New York) to Phillipsburg, New Jersey, (across the Delaware River from Easton, Pennsylvania). Waterloo possessed all the accommodations necessary to service the needs of a canal operation, including an inn, a general store, a church, a blacksmith shop (to service the mules on the canal), and a watermill. For canal workers, Waterloo's geographic location would have been conducive to being an overnight stopover point on the two-day trip between Phillipsburg and Jersey City.
It is currently an open-air museum in Allamuchy Mountain State Park. As part of the State Park, it is open to the public from sunrise to sunset. The village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places".
Source: Wikipedia
Address: Waterloo Rd, Stanhope, NJ 07874, USA Opened: 1820 Area: 28 ha Hours: Closed now Phone: +1 973-347-1835 Designated NJRHP: February 3, 1977 Added to NRHP: September 13, 1977
Street address: Waterloo Rd Stanhope, New Jersey USA 07874
County / Borough / Parish: Byram Township, Sussex County
Year listed: 1977
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Commerce, Industry
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2017 To: 12/31/2017
Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 6:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
National Historic Landmark Link: [Web Link]
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