The line more or less paralleled the Morris Canal for its entire length.
The park was constructed by filling in the basin for the old Morris Canal.
Newark also prospered by the construction of the Morris Canal in 1831.
Marsh was a hotel owner, judge, and president of the Morris Canal.
Construction started this month on piers at the park's northern edge, in the old Morris Canal.
The Morris Canal ran adjacent to the jail and formed the back of the property line.
His chief contribution, however, was promoting the Morris Canal, for which he invoked nature as a justification.
They then planned to make an inclined plane, much like the Morris Canal.
The subsequent court decision allowed the Morris Canal to be built without disrupting the water supply to the falls.
The name is inspired by the Morris Canal, which once traversed the district in a general north & south alignment.