File:SILAS RIGGS HOUSE, LEDGEWOOD, ROXBURY TOWNSHIP, MORRIS COUNTY.jpg

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English: THIS PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SALTBOX WAS NAMED AFTER THE FAMILY OF SILAS AND HARRIET RIGGS, KNOWN TO HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE THE EARLY 1800S. SILAS, A TANNER, SUPPLIED LOCAL MINES WITH LEATHER POUCHES USED TO TRANSPORT IRON ORE. HE ALSO SUPERVISED CONSTRUCTION OF PART OF THE MORRIS CANAL AND OVERSAW THE OPERATION OF THREE BARGES. THIS HOUSE WAS MOVED A SHORT DISTANCE TO THIS SITE WHEN ROUTE 10 WAS BUILT IN ORDER TO PREVENT ITS DEMOLITION
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THIS SITE IS LISTED ON BOTH THE NR AND THE LIST OF NEW JERSEY MUSEUMS SO THIS PICTURE COULD BE USED IN BOTH PLACES


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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77000894.

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