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15-648: The lower 17 miles (27 km) of the 90-mile (140 km) long Passaic River downstream of the Dundee Dam is tidally influenced and navigable , but due to the limited maritime traffic the bridge is infrequently required to open. It is one of three functional vehicular and pedestrian swing bridges in the city, the others being the Clay Street Bridge and the Bridge Street Bridge . Since 1998, rules regulating drawbridge operations require

30-538: A four-hour notice for them to be opened. The bridge crosses the river at a point where former industrial uses are giving way to commercial, residential, and recreational development. The US Army Corps of Engineers is undertaking a rehabilitation of the river including oversight of environmental remediation and reconstruction of bulkheads . At its southern end in the Newark Ironbound , the bridge crosses over Newark Riverfront Park and Raymond Boulevard ,

45-610: A large quantity of trash, and in the late 1930s the City of Passaic leased a portion of the canal, installed a culvert and paved it over, for parking lots and other public uses. After World War II ownership of the canal changed several times. A group of investors bought the DWPLC in 1946, and the company was sold to the Hackensack Water Company in 1974. Much of the remainder of the canal was destroyed starting in 1997, as

60-625: A major thoroughfare in the city between the Pulaski Skyway and Downtown Newark . It is adjacent to Riverbank Park . At its northern end the bridge in Harrison begins a street named for Frank E. Rodgers , once one of the longest serving mayors of the United States. The district along the waterfront has been largely cleared of its industrial buildings, and become home to Red Bull Arena . Dundee Canal The Dundee Canal

75-597: A single canal. The DMC, which had reorganized in 1850, built the Dundee Canal between 1858 and 1861. This canal was not financially successful for navigation, and the company went into receivership in 1864. It reorganized as the Dundee Water Power and Land Company (DWPLC) in 1872, and the company's new emphasis on supplying water and selling land was more lucrative. The Dundee Canal's reliable water supply (both for power and manufacturing processes), and

90-614: The Botany Worsted Mills ; the Acquackanonk Water Company Site; and related structures. Botany Mills Botany Mills was a Passaic, New Jersey , manufacturer of textiles, which was organized in 1887. It merged with Continental Textile Co., Ltd., in January 1927. Botany Mills continued to have a controlling interest in both Botany Worsted Mills and Garfield Worsted Mills. The company

105-697: The 1928 deficit which totaled $ 1,461,783. In June 1932 Botany Mills formed an independent bondholders protective committee which called for immediate deposits of bonds. The firm had descended into receivership after defaulting on the payment of interest on its bonds on April 1, 1932. The Empire Trust Company served as depositary for the committee. In October 1948 Botany Mills announced that it would absorb higher raw material and labor costs without raising prices on goods. They maintained prices on wool shirts and pants as well as on their swimming trunk line. However their gabardine boxer shorts increased in price from $ 6.95 to $ 7.50 retail. In August 1954, Daroff and Sons,

120-532: The advent of railroads , stimulated rapid economic and population growth in Passaic and the surrounding area through the late 19th and early 20th century. The canal was about 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long. The Dundee Dam across the Passaic River was located at the north end of the canal, between Acquackanonk Township (present-day Clifton) and East Passaic (present-day Garfield ), and it provided water for

135-497: The availability of railroad service in the area (from branch lines that became part of the Erie Railroad ) attracted manufacturing businesses to Passaic for the next several decades. The population in Passaic doubled between 1860 and 1880 (to 6,500). Several large textile mills were founded, including the Botany Worsted Mills , established in 1889. By 1900 the city population was 25,000. With increased urban development in

150-514: The canal. The dam was the lowest hydropower site built on the river, just above the tidal zone . The Dundee Manufacturing Company (DMC), incorporated 1832, built the Dundee Dam across the Passaic River c. 1833, replacing an earlier wing dam it had built c. 1830. The dam was designed to supply water power to clothing mills in the area. The company also built a 12 feet (3.7 m) deep, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) long canal c. 1833, adjacent to

165-474: The late 19th century, the canal water became dirtier and therefore less usable by the adjoining textile mills, but the water source was still useful for other industries, such as rubber and paper manufacturing , as well as for fire protection. Industrial use of the canal declined significantly during the Great Depression , and woolen manufacturing also declined. The canal continued to accumulate

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180-587: The moribund waterway was used to extend the New Jersey Route 21 freeway and replace the old surface route over city streets. The canal bed was filled and used as a foundation for the highway from approximately its headwaters to Dayton Avenue. The Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1999. The district comprises the canal and several former textile mills , including

195-520: The site of the later Dundee Canal. It operated the short canal for a few years. In 1857 the New Jersey Legislature authorized the company to raise the water level of the dam, and this action flooded adjacent areas and created Dundee Lake. The flooding of various properties led to calls by area manufacturers and other community members to make the canal into a navigable waterway. This would have been an unusual combination of uses for

210-508: Was a key target of the 1926 Passaic Textile Strike , which lasted almost a year. The business is significant for having survived the Great Depression while continuing to be a leader in its field in the decades afterward. Botany Mills' stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange reached a low for 1929 in late September, a month prior to the 1929 Stock Market Crash . The company's net loss of $ 2,768,904 for 1929, exceeded

225-587: Was an industrial canal in Clifton and Passaic in Passaic County , New Jersey . It was built between 1858 and 1861 and ran parallel to the Passaic River . It supplied hydropower and water for manufacturing. There was interest by some members of the business community to modify the canal to support navigational uses , but the canal was never used for that purpose. The Dundee Canal, along with

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