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Photo by Laura Nawrocik Water flowing under the bridge on Province Line Road on Sunday morning, just as the rains from Irene were tapering off.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik A close-up of the water flowing over the towpath on Sunday morning looks more like an ocean wave rolling onto a beach.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik On Sunday morning, as the rains from Irene tapered off, water from the surrounding...

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik The canal looking west from the Province Line Road bridge on Sunday morning as rain from Irene tapered off.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik A close-up of trees that are to the right of the towpath, looking west from the...

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik Stone sign on Quaker Bridge Road, just before Port Mercer.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik Geese in the retaining pond at Nassau Park, near Babies 'R Us.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik The retaining pond at Nassau Park, near Babies 'R Us.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik The patio of Port Mercer Canal House, with the flood waters caused by the remnants...

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik Some of the many trucks needed to repair the breach lining the road in Port Mercer.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik Exposed gas pipeline with water from the Stony Brook running into the canal. Just...

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik Another view of the water running from the Stony Brook under the gas pipeline.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik Works wait while a dump truck backs up to deliver more gravel to help support the gas pipeline and fill in the breach.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik The water running out of the Stony Brook was so fast, small whitecaps formed in the canal.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik Water flows over a downed limb in the canal. A few days earlier, this limb was on...

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik A wide angle view of the gas pipeline with the Stony Brook waters flowing into the...

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik Debris that had previously been in the middle of the canal washes ashore in the parking lot of the Port Mercer Canal House.

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Photo by Laura Nawrocik Close-up of the fence posts that are all that remain of a fence that ran along the canal bank.

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