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The First River, in the state of New Jersey in the United States, is a subterranean river and the first main tributary of the Passaic River encountered while travelling upstream from its mouth at Newark Bay.

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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

Beginning at the confluence of Mill Brook and Branch Brook[1] (near the present Skating Center in Branch 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 as Mill Brook, having supported several mills, including grist mills for the earliest settlers of Newark in the 17th century.

From 1863 to 1890 the brook was culvertised and 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 now Branch Brook Park in the city of Newark.[3]

See also

• List of rivers of New Jersey

References

На других языках

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- [en] First River

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[es] Río First

El río First, en el estado de Nueva Jersey en los Estados Unidos de América, es el principal afluente del río Passaic. Se puede encontrar al desplazarse corriente arriba del Passaic desde su desembocadura en la Bahía de Newark. Sin embargo, en el siglo XIX fue completamente enterrado y ahora fluye bajo tierra hasta descargar en el Passaic. Atravesaba, ahora bajo tierra, lo que ahora es el parque Branch Brook en la ciudad de Newark.

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