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The '''Brau Kettle''' is a geological feature known as a [[karst]] that is located along the [[Wallpack Ridge]] in the [[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]] in [[Sandyston Township, New Jersey]]. Its name derives from the Dutch for "brewing kettle" or "boiling kettle" which describes how water suddenly bubbles up from the ground.<ref>Dalton, Richard F. Bulletin 70: Caves of New Jersey (Trenton: New Jersey Geological Survey: n.d.), 6.</ref> This site is referenced in early French Jesuit and Dutch colonial manuscripts as a landmark near which colonial traders exchanged goods with the Munsee and other local Native American tribes. According to the [[New Jersey Geological Survey]], the feature looks like a [[sinkhole]] in dry times during the year. It is known to flow at random, after periods of precipitation, and is thought to be fed by a [[sinking stream]] that vanishes in the forest roughly 1,800 feet away.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/newsletter/v2n1.pdf Unearthing New Jersey (Newsletter) Vol. 2 No. 1 Winter 2006]. (Trenton: New Jersey Geological Survey, Department of Environmental Protection, 2006).</ref> |
The '''Brau Kettle''' is a geological feature known as a [[karst]] that is located along the [[Wallpack Ridge]] in the [[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]] in [[Sandyston Township, New Jersey]]. Its name derives from the Dutch for "brewing kettle" or "boiling kettle" which describes how water suddenly bubbles up from the ground.<ref>Dalton, Richard F. Bulletin 70: Caves of New Jersey (Trenton: New Jersey Geological Survey: n.d.), 6.</ref> This site is referenced in early French Jesuit and Dutch colonial manuscripts as a landmark near which colonial traders exchanged goods with the Munsee and other local Native American tribes.<ref>Thieme, John D. and Longcore, Robert R. "Notes and Miscellany on the Brau Kettle" (file/mss, 2004). Sussex County Historical Society, Newton, New Jersey.</ref> According to the [[New Jersey Geological Survey]], the feature looks like a [[sinkhole]] in dry times during the year. It is known to flow at random, after periods of precipitation, and is thought to be fed by a [[sinking stream]] that vanishes in the forest roughly 1,800 feet away.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/newsletter/v2n1.pdf Unearthing New Jersey (Newsletter) Vol. 2 No. 1 Winter 2006]. (Trenton: New Jersey Geological Survey, Department of Environmental Protection, 2006).</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:53, 1 January 2013
The Brau Kettle is a geological feature known as a karst that is located along the Wallpack Ridge in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Sandyston Township, New Jersey. Its name derives from the Dutch for "brewing kettle" or "boiling kettle" which describes how water suddenly bubbles up from the ground.[1] This site is referenced in early French Jesuit and Dutch colonial manuscripts as a landmark near which colonial traders exchanged goods with the Munsee and other local Native American tribes.[2] According to the New Jersey Geological Survey, the feature looks like a sinkhole in dry times during the year. It is known to flow at random, after periods of precipitation, and is thought to be fed by a sinking stream that vanishes in the forest roughly 1,800 feet away.[3]
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References
- ^ Dalton, Richard F. Bulletin 70: Caves of New Jersey (Trenton: New Jersey Geological Survey: n.d.), 6.
- ^ Thieme, John D. and Longcore, Robert R. "Notes and Miscellany on the Brau Kettle" (file/mss, 2004). Sussex County Historical Society, Newton, New Jersey.
- ^ Unearthing New Jersey (Newsletter) Vol. 2 No. 1 Winter 2006. (Trenton: New Jersey Geological Survey, Department of Environmental Protection, 2006).