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A Great Conveniency – A Maritime History of the Passaic River, Hackensack River, and Newark Bay

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“A Great Conveniency, a Maritime History of the Passaic River, Hackensack River, and Newark Bay” describes the role that riverine and coastal navigation played all over the development of northern New Jersey. Commencing within the early 1600s with the European exploration of the local waterways, it relates how rivers facilitated early settlement and expanded the highway network into the hinterlands. Landings developed at Acquackanonck (Passaic), Bound Creek, New Bridge (New Milford), and Old Bridge (Oradell), and the towns of Belleville, Hackensack, Little Ferry, and Paterson depended on river traffic for commerce. River proximity allowed British forces to raid the area all over the American Revolution, and Americans used whaleboats and other local craft to retaliate. There’s a detailed examination of nineteenth century cargoes such as bricks, coal, fertilizers, and lumber. The exports from the Meadowlands – cedar logs, hay, and wild game ¿ are also cited. River craft used at the waterways are also a part of the tale, and in the neighborhood built ships and boats, dugouts, canal boats, galleys, schooners, sloops, steamboats, periaugers, and tugboats are all explained, with a large number of accompanying illustrations. The changes that urbanization brought to the rivers and bays are investigated in sections devoted to the expansion of New York¿s harbor and the upward thrust of Port Newark and Elizabethport. Other chapters explore how suburban growth created new opportunities for canoeing and yachting. Carried to the current day, the book describing the efforts by the EPA and other environmental agencies, including river clean, landfill capping, and development of riverside parks.

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