Lorraine, The Northern New Jersey area has changed so much since I left the area that I really wouldn't know if the dam is still there, but I doubt that it has been removed. For one thing, the dam marked the end of tidewater, below the dam even though quite far inland, the river was still considered tidewater, I can remember oil barges coming all the way up to Passaic from New York Harbor. Removing the dam would have affected the river basin for quite a way upstream by dropping the river level considerably. Near the dam, I don't remember whether upstream or downstream, there was a bridge across the river, probably still there. It connected with Outwater Lane in Garfield, but I can't remember the name of the street on the Clifton side of the river, even though I used that route on many occasions. Also there used to be a canal or raceway that ran from above the dam down through the mill complex that I mentioned, but I think that was filled in a long time ago. Maybe traces of it remain. Frankly I am surprised, after all these years, that I remember this much about the dam, and the area around it. may even be mistaken about some of the details, but basically they are correct. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorraine Davies <[email protected]> To: edward wiegleb <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [NJPASSAI-L] Dundee Dam > Hi Ed, > > Any traces of the dam left? (It's been many years since I lived in > the area, too, but I would like to take a trip to find the area -- > especially if the stairs are still there. The photograph I have was > taken around 1900, 1901 the latest.) > > Lorraine > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: edward wiegleb <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 5:07 p > Subject: Re: [NJPASSAI-L] Dundee Dam > > > >As I recall the Dundee Dam was a dam across the Passaic River just > above the > >Clifton / Passaic line. It was originally built to provide power for > the > >Mills on the Passaic county side of the river. If I remember > correctly they > >were originally the Botany Wooloen Mills. It is more than 20 years > since I > >left that area, but the last I remember those mills were subdivided > and used > >as an industrial center. > > > >Ed Wiegleb > > > >