The Great Ditch is a drainage

Drainage

Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from an area. Many agricultural soils need drainage to improve production or to manage water supplies.-Early history:...

 ditch

Ditch

A ditch is usually defined as a small to moderate depression created to channel water.In Anglo-Saxon, the word dïc already existed and was pronounced 'deek' in northern England and 'deetch' in the south. The origins of the word lie in digging a trench and forming the upcast soil into a bank...

 that drains certain areas of the Pigeon Swamp State Park

Pigeon Swamp State Park

Pigeon Swamp State Park is a New Jersey state park located on Deans Rhode Hall Road in South Brunswick, New Jersey. It is an undeveloped park, with a mix of habitats including open ponds and uplands hardwood forests. It also includes a good example of an inner coastal plain lowland deciduous...

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Course

The Great Ditch starts at 40°23′5"N 74°28′57"W, in the Pigeon Swamp State Park. It flows west, crossing Fresh Ponds Lane and Route 130 before linking up with another stream at 40°23′39"N 74°30′27"W which drains into the Lawrence Brook

Lawrence Brook

Lawrence Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River. Its entire course is in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.-Course:Originally a stream, its course now includes man-made lakes created by dams built in the 19th and 20th centuries: Deans Pond , Davidsons Mill Pond , Farrington Lake...

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Purpose

This canal's purpose is to drain sections of the Pigeon Swamp to prevent flooding of Deans Rhode Hall Road, which flows through the swamp.

Sister tributaries

• Beaverdam Brook
  Beaverdam Brook (New Jersey)
  The Beaverdam Brook is a tributary of the Lawrence Brook in central East Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States.-Course:The source of the Beaverdam Brook is at in central East Brunswick, near the intersection of CR-617 with Dunhams Corner Road. It crosses Dutch Road and the New Jersey Turnpike...
  
  
• Ireland Brook
  Ireland Brook (New Jersey)
  Ireland Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.Ireland Brook is a moderately long stream that drains an area in central East Brunswick.-Course:...
  
  
• Oakeys Brook
  Oakeys Brook (New Jersey)
  Oakeys Brook is a tributary of the Lawrence Brook, a branch of the Raritan River in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.Its source is in western South Brunswick. It drains into Farrington Lake in western East Brunswick.-Course:...
  
  
• Sawmill Brook
  Sawmill Brook (New Jersey)
  The Sawmill Brook is a tributary of the Lawrence Brook. It drains a section in northwestern East Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States.-Course:...
  
  
• Sucker Brook
  Sucker Brook
  Sucker Brook is a small tributary of the Lawrence Brook in central New Jersey in the United States.-Course:Its source is several pools located in a housing development at . It travels in a pipe under Route 130, and then runs between a housing development...
  
  
• Terhune Run
  Terhune Run
  The Terhune Run is a small tributary of the Lawrence Brook found in eastern South Brunswick, New Jersey, United States.-Course:The Terhune Run starts at , near the intersection of Route 1 and Major Road...
  
  
• Unnamed Brook in Rutgers Gardens
  Rutgers Gardens
  Rutgers Gardens are horticultural, display, and botanical gardens, including arboretums, located on the Cook Campus, Rutgers University, 112 Ryders Lane, North Brunswick in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in the United States...
  
  , unofficially named Doc Brook
• Unnamed Brook in Rutgers' Helyar Woods

See also

• Lawrence Brook
  Lawrence Brook
  Lawrence Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River. Its entire course is in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.-Course:Originally a stream, its course now includes man-made lakes created by dams built in the 19th and 20th centuries: Deans Pond , Davidsons Mill Pond , Farrington Lake...
  
  
• USGS Coordinates in Google Maps