Early Railroad

Early Railroad is a New Jersey historical marker in in order to preserve it., Middlesex County, dedicated 1963.

Early in 1961 about eighty two feet of the original track was moved from along side of the line at Jamesburg Junction to its present site in front of this building, in order to preserve it. · location approximate

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Section from original Camden and Amboy R.R. track, built by Robert Stevens, 1832. He used wood ties to complete the line.

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1811 · Map Of The Country Thirty Miles Round the City of New York. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1818 · New Jersey (1818) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1828 · New Jersey (T. Gordon, 1828) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1834 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1834 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834), 1834, covering the location of Early Railroad, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834), 1834, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Early Railroad

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