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New Jersey History and Historic Preservation Conference

Joe Macasek

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Joe Macasek

President, Canal Society of New Jersey 

Joe Macasek is President of the Canal Society of New Jersey and former President of the Roebling Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology. He is an appointed member of the Morris County Heritage Commission and serves on the board of the Friends of Historic Speedwell. Joe is the author of Guide to the Morris Canal in Morris County and has led a regular series of Industrial Heritage Walks as a program of the Morris County Park Commission. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design from the Pratt Institute and is sole proprietor of Mac Graphics in Morristown, NJ. 

Joe Macasek

Sessions

(S-9) The Morris Canal & Morris Canal Greenway in the 21st Century

Time:
Thursday, 3:30 - 4:45 pm
Location:
Audience: AIA, AICP, AR, H, M/C, NP
Long before railroads became a viable transportation option, the completion of the Morris Canal gave New Jersey its first interstate transportation system. Iron-making settlements in the New Jersey Highlands grew into industrial towns, and with the delivery of Pennsylvania anthracite coal, coastal towns developed into major industrial cities.
Today, the Canal Society of New Jersey is working with communities, organizations, and agencies such as the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority to create a Morris Canal Greenway that preserves the canal’s
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Presenters:
Margaret M. Hickey, AIA
Principal Historic Preservation Specialist, Connolly & Hickey Historical Architects,
Joe Macasek
President, Canal Society of New Jersey,
Ted Ritter
External Affairs Manager, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority,

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