Wharton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Wharton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1831, the Morris Canal was completed from Newark to Phillipsburg, New Jersey across the Delaware River from the terminus of the Lehigh Canal. On the way, it passed through Boonton, Dover and Port Oram. On this route it tapped the Morris County ore fields and became a carrier for both ore and pig iron. Its main purpose, however, was as an extension of the Lehigh Canal to furnish a route for anthracite coal from the Pennsylvania mines to seaboard. Any local traffic was a gain to supplement the through anthracite freight and iron ore and its products soon became important sources of revenue. Sites on the canal were selected for docks and industry, including iron works.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Wharton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wharton’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCanal, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Wharton, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Canal (1905) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.