A Philadelphia industrialist in the 1800s wanted the city to get water from N.J. N.J. said no.

In 1884, the New Jersey state legislature forbade the selling of water over state lines, making it illegal for Joseph Wharton to pipe Pine Barrens water to Philadelphia.

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