Dock Watch Quarry

| subdivision_type = State

| subdivision_type = State

| products = Crushed traprock (Preakness Basalt)

| products = Crushed traprock (Preakness Basalt)

| active years = 1930 - early 1980s

| active years = 1930 – early 1980s

| owner = Dock Watch Hollow Quarry Pit, Inc. (defunct) }}

| owner = Dock Watch Hollow Quarry Pit, Inc. (defunct)

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'''Dock Watch Quarry''' is an abandoned [[trap rock]] [[quarry]] located on Dock Watch Hollow Road in [[Warren Township, New Jersey]]. The site was excavated from the Preakness Basalt formation of the [[Second Watchung Mountain]], and was active from 1930 until the early 1980s. Controversies surrounding the quarry's operations led to landmark legal decisions concerning [[Nonconforming use|nonconforming land use]] in New Jersey. Today, the site is preserved as an open space, and is recognizable by a [[basalt]] cliff face {{Convert|280|ft|adj=off}} in height.

'''Dock Watch Quarry''' is an abandoned [[trap rock]] [[quarry]] located on Dock Watch Hollow Road in [[Warren Township, New Jersey]]. The site was excavated from the Preakness Basalt formation of the [[Second Watchung Mountain]], and was active from 1930 until the early 1980s. Controversies surrounding the quarry's operations led to landmark legal decisions concerning [[Nonconforming use|nonconforming land use]] in New Jersey. Today, the site is preserved as an open space, and is recognizable by a [[basalt]] cliff face {{Convert|280|ft|adj=off}} in height.