First River
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| First River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| Counties | Essex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Essex County,New Jersey,United States |
| Mouth | Passaic River |
• location | Newark,Essex,New Jersey,United States |
TheFirst River,in the state ofNew Jerseyin theUnited States,is asubterranean riverand the first maintributaryof thePassaic Riverencountered while travelling upstream from its mouth atNewark Bay.
Beginning at the confluence of Mill Brook and Branch Brook[1](near the present Skating Center inBranch Brook Park), the First River flowed parallel to Seventh Avenue and Clay Street, discharging into the Passaic River in the vicinity of the Clay Street bridge.
The First River was also known asMill Brook,having supported severalmills,includinggrist millsfor the earliest settlers of Newark in the 17th century.
From 1863 to 1890 the brook wasculvertisedand now flows underground through two culverts, each six feet nine inches (206 cm) high by nine feet three inches (282 cm) wide until discharging into the Passaic.[2]The brook once flowed through, and now flows under, what is nowBranch Brook Parkin the city ofNewark.[3]
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