'Breakwater, Ramapo', 1874. Dam on the Ramapo, a tributary of the Pompton River, northern New Jersey, USA. '...the Ramapo River, a stream which finds its way between high hills, and is frequently made use of for manufacturing purposes. Over one of the dams which obstruct its course, the water flows in a graceful cascade'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874


'Breakwater, Ramapo', 1874. Dam on the Ramapo, a tributary of the Pompton River, northern New Jersey, USA. '...the Ramapo River, a stream which finds its way between high hills, and is frequently made use of for manufacturing purposes. Over one of the dams which obstruct its course, the water flows in a graceful cascade'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]


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