. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey : containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state. Illustrated by 120 engravings. nstruction of Trinity church,New York. From it has been carved some beautiful statuary, byMr. Thorn, the sculptor, a former resident of the village. MANCHESTER. Manchester was formerly part of Saddle River, Bergen county,and was taken from that township at the time of the formation ofPassaic cou
. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey : containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state. Illustrated by 120 engravings. nstruction of Trinity church,New York. From it has been carved some beautiful statuary, byMr. Thorn, the sculptor, a former resident of the village. MANCHESTER. Manchester was formerly part of Saddle River, Bergen county,and was taken from that township at the time of the formation ofPassaic county. Its extreme length is 9, and extreme width 8 is bounded N. by Franklin, Bergen co.; easterly by Saddle River,Bergen co., and Paterson and Acquackanonck; S. by Caldwell, Es-sex co.; and westerly by Pequannock, Morris co., and 3,110. It is generally hilly and mountainous, and well water-ed, being coursed on the west by the Ramapo and Pompton rivers,and on the south and east by the Passaic. PASSAIC COUNTY. 407 The village of Manchester, formerly called Totowa, is situated onthe Passaic, in a romantic and picturesque region of country imme-diately opposite Paterson, with which it is connected by two bridges,and in a general description should be included as a part of that. South View of Manchester. town. It contains several manufacturing establishments, a Reform-ed Dutch church, a church for colored persons, and about 1,600 in-habitants. The above view was taken on the summit of the quar-ry, a short distance south of the village. Meads Basin is a small settlement and depot on the Morris ca-nal, in the SW. part of Manchester, where there are about a dozendwellings. Goffle is a hamlet in the NE. part of the township. A short distance from the village of Manchester are the PatersonFalls, anciently called Totowa Falls; a gentleman with the revo-lutionary army, after describing the falls, thus describes anothernatural curiosity then existing in this vicinity:
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