The Raritan River
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Author | : Judith Auer Shaw |
Publisher | : Rivergate Regionals Collection |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780813565415 |
The Raritan River shows New Jersey for what it is--home to some of the most beautiful scenery in the country. This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of an amazing region where protected environments coexist with land left in ruins by rampant industrialization and where the reckless pursuit of commerce scarred the lands along its banks. Shaw reminds us that people are the solution and aims to show what is possible when we rescue the land, restore the habitat, and create harmony with nature.
Author | : Jason J. Slesinski |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467121541 |
The Raritan River is the largest river in New Jersey, flowing from the state's western mountains for approximately 16 miles toward the tidewaters of New Brunswick, from which point it widens over 14 miles before reaching the Raritan Bay. By the end of the 20th century, this estuary, known as the Lower Raritan River, was one of the most polluted in the nation. The very industrialization that brought economic prosperity to the communities along the Lower Raritan River was also the origin of the river's contamination. Today, however, the waterway is making a comeback. Along the Raritan River: South Amboy to New Brunswick includes historical maps and photographs to tell the story of this changing cultural landscape and its natural beauty and resources, historic floods, economic enterprise, devastating pollution, and continued renewal and recovery.
Author | : Alison Hyland |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 059514747X |
Dan Hyland, as a boy growing up in the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey from 1930-1938, saw the last boats being locked through the Delaware and Raritan Canal. He knew the old lock keepers and people who lived in the abandoned barges along the canal. The Raritan River and the D.& R. Canal provided recreation that was both exciting and extremely dangerous. Dan rode the ice flows on the Raritan after city work crews dynamited the frozen river in the early spring. He met strange and colorful people with names like "Corker Pete" and "Two-Cent Itszi." Dan and his buddies pulled a lot of stunts, caused mischief, and had run-ins with waterfront bullies. He enjoyed a free and virtually unsupervised boy's life. Money was nearly non-existent, so Dan and his friends pooled their resources, skills, and imaginations to find ways of earning money to go to the movies and acquire their play equipment. They learned how to capitalize on the neighborhood bootleggers and traveling junkmen. "River Rats: Growing Up on the Raritan River" is a memoir of the Great Depression. The stories are upbeat and at times humorous, reminiscent of the exploits of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
Author | : Raritan River Educational Consortium |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Hydrology |
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Author | : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New York District |
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Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Dredging |
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Author | : John Charles Van Dyke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Reference |
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Author | : Gary H. Haag |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Sediment transport |
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Author | : Jason J. Slesinski |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2014-08-18 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1439646767 |
The Raritan River is the largest river in New Jersey, flowing from the states western mountains for approximately 16 miles toward the tidewaters of New Brunswick, from which point it widens over 14 miles before reaching the Raritan Bay. By the end of the 20th century, this estuary, known as the Lower Raritan River, was one of the most polluted in the nation. The very industrialization that brought economic prosperity to the communities along the Lower Raritan River was also the origin of the rivers contamination. Today, however, the waterway is making a comeback. Along the Raritan River: South Amboy to New Brunswick includes historical maps and photographs to tell the story of this changing cultural landscape and its natural beauty and resources, historic floods, economic enterprise, devastating pollution, and continued renewal and recovery.
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Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1976 |
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Author | : M. Frieda Helmstetter |
Publisher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2003-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781531619916 |
Raritan documents the growth of a Raritan River town from the 1800s through the 1970s. With intriguing photographs and text, it explores the emergence of a quiet farming area as, first, a bustling industrial town with mills and factories and, later, the modern suburb it is today. Working together, resourceful residents enriched life by harnessing the waterpower of the river, organizing the first fire department in the area, and opening schools, churches, and organizations. Worldwide recognition came when President Warren G. Harding, while visiting at the Raritan home of his friend Senator Joseph Frelinghuysen, signed the Knox-Porter Resolution, officially ending World War I.