BRIDGEWATER — A 262-year-old Colonial Dutch house said to be one of the few remaining examples of the architecture in Somerset County could be demolished so the township can preserve the 22 ...

Here the origins of the Bridgewater Canal can be explored ... late 18th century and in 1845 a mock-Tudor frontage was added. The steps of the Packet House were used by travellers.

The Bridgewater Canal was built by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater to transport coal the ten miles from his Worsley mines to Manchester. The canal was completed in 1761, halving the ...