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| Feeder Streams and Rivers: Musconetcong River | ||
| The Musconetcong river is a beautiful Delaware tributary. It runs for 43 miles from Lake Musconetcong to the Delaware River at Reiglesville NJ. Along the route are a number of picturesque and historic villages such as Waterloo, Beattystown, Stephensburg, Asbury, Bloomsbury and Warren Glen.. A remnant of the old 102 mile long Morris Canal (which shared a portion of the valley route with the Musconetcong) can still be seen at Waterloo. The remainder has been neglected or destroyed. At a site along the Musconetcong at Asbury, Warren County NJ, Archeologist Herbert Kraft recently discovered stone knives and scapes dating back ten thousand years or more. They appeared to be from a Paleo-Indian campsite used by primitive hunters. During this time mammoth and mastodon's roamed the Delaware valley. Mammoth and mastodon remains have been found at 40 different locations in New Jersey alone. (4.) |
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Some areas along the Musconetcong described in more detail Lower Musconetcong Valley Several miles from where the Musconetcong flows into the Delaware River (near Rieglesville) is the Warren Glen area. Here the river is funneled into a gorge. Colonial engineers determined that the river could produce 1300 horsepower in this area. To capitalize on this dams and mill races were built all along the last few miles of the river's length. Route 627 parallels the lower Musconetcong River here, running through an assortment of old settlements and farms. In the mid-1700s a water-powered forge was built just below the gorge, as were several others. During the Revolutionary War these forges prospered, with George Washington relying on them for cannon balls. Of that era, other businesses here included a pottery business, grist mill, saw mill and flax seed oil mill. Before 1800, the Shank brothers operated a ferry here across the Delaware. In the mid 1800's, John Riegel built a paper mill in Finesville. The business was later relocated a short distance away, in what is now known as Reiglesville. Today this stretch of Route 627 includes a papermill and an assortment of old homes. The mills, on the Hunterdon bank, still depend on the river to operate. They are now owned by FiberMark, Inc. The valley remains much as it was almost 300 years ago. (3.) |
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