I can't say for sure.....but, it sounds to me like a location on a canal. The lock at the ten-mile post on a canal. It wasn't unusual for a lock-tender to live in a house right at the lock. Hope this helps (or at least gives a possibility) Bill -----Original Message----- From: REDTYNAN@aol.com [mailto:REDTYNAN@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 6:20 PM To: NJMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Ten Mile LOck I would like to know what is the Ten Mile Lock. I have found out that my great great grandparents Patrick and Ellen Tynan lived there prior to 1911.