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27-758: Six Mile Run may refer to the following in the U.S. state of New Jersey: Six Mile Run (New Jersey) , a tributary of the Millstone River Six Mile Run, New Jersey , several different but related features in Franklin Township Six Mile Run Reformed Church , a Dutch Reformed church listed on the NRHP in Somerset County Six Mile Run Reservoir Site , part of

54-404: A millwright, estimating water flow. They came to the conclusion that the canal would require less than an eighteenth of the water passing through the local streams, which would still leave enough water flow for local mills. Despite Randel's report, and the clear advantage of having such a canal, the opposition to the project managed to keep anything from happening until 1830. On February 4, 1830,

81-567: A residential development. It joins up with the drainage from a lake then crosses Rt. 27. It then joins with the Nine Mile Run, a major tributary, and crosses South Middlebush Rd. It then crosses Canal Road and drains into the Millstone River 40°28′21″N 74°34′20″W  /  40.47250°N 74.57222°W  / 40.47250; -74.57222 . Six Mile Run is easily accessible in several places, including Cozzens Lane and

108-535: Is a canal in central New Jersey , built in the 1830s, that connects the Delaware River to the Raritan River . It was an efficient and reliable means of transportation of freight between Philadelphia and New York City , transporting anthracite coal from eastern Pennsylvania during much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The canal allowed shippers to cut many miles off the existing route from

135-688: Is accessible from many points along its route, with small parking areas providing access at most road crossings. One of the most scenic and popular sections of the D&;R Canal state park is the segment along Lake Carnegie in Princeton, New Jersey , which features the canal on one side of the path and the lake on the other side. Another attractive section borders the Colonial Park Arboretum and Gardens in East Millstone . When

162-634: The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company and leased by the Pennsylvania Railroad . D&R Canal's importance waned as railroads were used to perform, more rapidly, the same function as canals, but it remained in operation until 1932. Years later, the section between Trenton and Bordentown was filled for various road and rail projects, leaving the feeder waters to solely supply the main canal from Trenton, New Jersey north to New Brunswick. Two other sections of

189-459: The D&R canal. Many of the locks are still present along the canal route; however, the lock gates have been replaced on the upstream side with small dams and water outfalls . The downstream gates have been removed, so the water in the locks is level with the water on the downstream side. Some of the locks have been buried or removed due to construction projects in the vicinity of the canal. A number of spillways , which drained excess water from

216-742: The Delaware River in Bordentown is also abandoned. In Trenton it has been covered by Route 129 , which opened in 1996. Another section south of Trenton is located in Hamilton Township, New Jersey between the southern boundary of Trenton and the Crosswicks Creek. The surviving, easternmost lock is also severed from the canal by Route 18 in New Brunswick. Locks were used to overcome elevation differences along

243-552: The Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Franklin Park, New Jersey , a community once known as Six Mile Run See also [ edit ] Six Mile Creek (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Six Mile Run Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Six Mile Run . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

270-598: The New Jersey legislature passed legislation that created the charter for the D&R Canal. The charter for the Camden and Amboy Rail Road and Transportation Company was passed the same day. The D&R charter allocated $ 1.5 million of stock for construction which was required to be completed within eight years. The canal was to be considered a public highway although the corporation would be allowed to collect tolls and transit duties for passengers and cargo transported along

297-537: The Pennsylvania Coal Region down the Delaware, around Cape May , and up the occasionally treacherous Atlantic Ocean coast to New York City . The idea of a canal between the Raritan and Delaware Rivers originated with William Penn , the founder of Pennsylvania, who suggested it in the 1690s. Such a canal would shorten the journey from Philadelphia to New York City by 100 miles, and relieve

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324-570: The bridge tenders have lived (such as the Blackwells Mills Canal House and the Port Mercer Canal House ) were listed as contributing properties . In 1974, most of the canal system was declared a New Jersey state park. It remains one today, and is used for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. A graded natural-surface trail along the side of the canal, which was the tow path that mules used to tow barges on

351-503: The canal before steam powered barges, is now used for hiking, jogging, bicycling, and horseback riding. Some 36 miles (58 km) of the main canal, and all 22 miles (35 km) of the feeder canal, still exist. The feeder canal along the Delaware, being a former railroad rather than a towpath, is especially suited to bicycling. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry . The canal

378-485: The canal first opened, before the steam engine was developed, teams of mules were used to tow canal boats through it. The canal's greatest usage occurred during the 1860s and 1870s when it was used primarily to transport coal from Pennsylvania to New York City during the American Industrial Revolution . On May 18, 1872, the D&R Canal Company was merged with several parallel railroads into

405-471: The canal into nearby waterways during periods of heavy flow, are located along the canal route. Spillways are evident as a dip in the towpath along the canal. Some have paving stones spaced closely enough for mules to walk, but are impassable for bicycles. The Delaware and Raritan Canal was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1973. The many historic canal houses where

432-488: The canal was used for transportation, New Jersey's landscape was mostly rural, and its primary business was agriculture. "Now," in the words of Howard Green, research director of the New Jersey Historical Commission , "It is one of the most beloved parks in the state, a sinewy, snake-like greenway through one of the most heavily populated parts of the world. It has gone from being the machine in

459-723: The canal were piped underground: one in Trenton when the Trenton Freeway was constructed in 1952, and the other in New Brunswick when the Elmer Boyd Parkway Extension ( Route 18 ) was constructed in 1984. The main section of the canal runs from Bordentown on the Delaware River to New Brunswick on the Raritan. A feeder canal section (which feeds water into the main canal) stretches 22 miles (35 km) northward from Trenton , upstream along

486-520: The canal. The canal was almost not dug due to the lack of subscriptions . When that occurred, Robert F. Stockton , the grandson of Richard Stockton , a signer of the Declaration of Independence , pledged his and his family's personal fortune to continue the work. The canal system was dug mostly by hand tools, mostly by Irish immigrants. Work began in 1830 and was completed in 1834, at an estimated cost of $ 2,830,000, equal to $ 86,371,600 today. When

513-575: The distance early surveyors estimated it was from the point where the historic King's Highway (now Rt. 27 ) left the Raritan River at New Brunswick to the point the roadway crossed the stream. The estimates were not very accurate but the stream names have remained in use ever since. Six Mile Run starts near Corporate Road in North Brunswick 40°27′35″N 74°29′11″W  /  40.45972°N 74.48639°W  / 40.45972; -74.48639 . It crosses Cozzens Lane, then flows through

540-405: The east bank of the Delaware to Bull's Island near Frenchtown . The feeder canal collects water from higher elevations to the north, and feeds it to the highest section of the main canal, which flows generally north and east to the end, and had flowed south into the Crosswicks Creek at Bordentown. The total length of the entire canal system was approximately 66 miles (106 km). The main section

567-463: The garden, to being garden in the machine." From 1972 onward, the canal developed a local legend. Residents of Griggstown , Franklin Township claimed to seeing a feral cow along the canal and the parallel Millstone, said to be a ghost of one that was one of many herded across and along the canal but no longer existed after the decade. An actual bull was found in a ditch on November 23, 2002, and

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594-517: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Six_Mile_Run&oldid=631372035 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Six Mile Run (New Jersey) Six Mile Run derives its name (along with other area streams including Mile Run, Three Mile Run, Nine Mile Run , and Ten Mile Run ) from

621-609: The need for boats to venture into the Atlantic Ocean. In 1816, the New Jersey legislature created a commission of three people, including John Rutherfurd , a former United States Senator and a major landowner in New Jersey, which was authorized to survey and map a proposed route for a canal. Rutherfurd engaged John Randel Jr. to do the survey; Rutherfurd knew Randel from his work on the New York City Commissioners' Plan of 1811 , for which Rutherfurd

648-555: The residential development. It also can be accessed at Route 27, South Middlebush Road, and Canal Road, as well as the D&;R Canal Trail . It can be also accessed by trails in the Six Mile Run Reservoir Site . Six Mile Run is generally between rocky and muddy terrain. Near Cozzens Lane, the streambed is rocky with a muddy covering. It is quite deep in many places. Farther downstream in the residential development,

675-639: The stream becomes more rocky and fast flowing. It then becomes rocky and deep near Route 27, and remains like that for most of its downstream course. It widens considerably when it joins the Nine Mile Run. Near its mouth, it has a mixture of pebbles and sand for its streambed. Many large fish are found in the deep pools near the Delaware and Raritan Canal . The Six Mile Run has a large unnamed tributary that flows northward, crossing Skillmans Lane, Bennets Lane, and Veronica Avenue. Delaware and Raritan Canal The Delaware and Raritan Canal ( D&R Canal )

702-410: Was 44 miles (71 km) long, 75 feet (23 m) wide and 8 feet (2.4 m) deep; the feeder was 22 miles (35 km) long, 60 feet (18 m) wide and 6 feet (1.8 m) deep. A section of the main D&R Canal in Trenton has been covered over (the water still flows below) by the Trenton Freeway (U.S. Route 1) and is inaccessible to public use. The portion of the canal that provided access to

729-401: Was one of the commissioners, and Randel was the chief surveyor. The route was to be "a level line as far as was practicable from Longbridge farm to the Delaware, and to the Raritan, in the shortest direction that the ground would admit, which line should be run with the greatest accuracy, and be esteemed the base line of the work." Randel spent two months surveying this route and, with the aid of

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