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1531:Newark-Pompton Turnpike
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1516:Montclair-Boonton Line
68:Show map of New Jersey
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1434:Jackson Street Bridge
1429:Harry Laderman Bridge
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1536:Passaic River Bridge
1454:Monroe Street Bridge
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300:on August 19, 2004
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971:Little Falls
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876:Florham Park
851:Elmwood Park
836:East Hanover
804:The Chathams
747:Bloomingdale
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558:Weasel Brook
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521:Second River
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473:Ramapo River
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326:. Retrieved
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302:. Retrieved
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250:Ramapo River
242:Pompton Lake
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204:Ramapo River
191:Ramapo River
92:Pompton Lake
62:Pompton Lake
22:Pompton Lake
1414:Dock Bridge
1369:Tuxedo Park
1126:West Orange
1111:East Orange
1106:The Oranges
856:Essex Fells
841:East Newark
799:Cedar Grove
762:Bridgewater
679:Verona Lake
659:Ramapo Lake
629:Lake Tappan
619:Indian Lake
553:Third River
421:Great Brook
411:First River
391:Canoe Brook
386:Black Brook
379:Tributaries
158: /
133:Coordinates
1578:Categories
1323:Wood-Ridge
1293:Washington
1278:Wallington
1218:Rutherford
1153:Pequannock
1061:Morristown
976:Livingston
901:Hackensack
891:Glen Ridge
742:Bloomfield
722:Belleville
710:New Jersey
589:Cedar Lake
516:Salt Brook
401:Dead River
280:References
266:New Jersey
146:74°16′30″W
143:41°00′24″N
126:New Jersey
1511:Main Line
1382:Crossings
1188:Riverdale
1046:Montville
1036:Montclair
1031:Mine Hill
991:Lyndhurst
986:Long Hill
951:Jefferson
941:Hillsdale
936:Hawthorne
921:Hardyston
896:Glen Rock
871:Far Hills
861:Fair Lawn
794:Carlstadt
717:Allendale
373:watershed
177:Reservoir
1344:Hillburn
1337:New York
1273:Waldwick
1208:Roseland
1183:Ringwood
1173:Randolph
1148:Paterson
1041:Montvale
1026:Millburn
961:Kinnelon
926:Harrison
886:Garfield
826:Denville
777:Caldwell
732:Bernards
108:Location
1474:PD Draw
1359:Suffern
1328:Wyckoff
1308:Wharton
1283:Wanaque
1143:Passaic
1133:Paramus
1101:Oakland
1006:Maywood
996:Madison
946:Hohokus
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911:Hanover
906:Haledon
821:Clifton
328:June 5,
304:June 5,
248:on the
1364:Tuxedo
1354:Ramapo
1349:Monroe
1288:Warren
1263:Verona
1258:Vernon
1248:Totowa
1243:Summit
1238:Sparta
1168:Ramsey
1116:Orange
1096:Nutley
1081:Newark
1001:Mahwah
956:Kearny
767:Butler
1298:Wayne
831:Dover
703:Towns
567:Lakes
323:(PDF)
258:Wayne
210:Basin
116:Wayne
981:Lodi
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