Waterloo Village had a unique combination of canal features found at no other location, including an inclined plane, a combined guard lock and aqueduct, two mule bridges, a dam, a blacksmith shop, a canal store, and workers' housing. The inclined plane, one of 23 along the Morris Canal, carried boats over an 80-foot change in elevation. Unlike lift locks, the guard lock helped regulate the flow of water into the canal and allowed boats to enter natural bodies of water. Most of these features survive today, either intact like the canal store or in part like the inclined plane.
