Book details

  • Genre:history
  • Sub-genre:United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic
  • Language:English
  • Pages:164
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317838386

Historic Transportation in the Phillipsburg to Washington and Port Murray, NJ Corridor

The Morris Turnpike; the Morris Canal; the Lackawanna Railroad; and the Easton and Washington Traction Company

By William J. (Capt. Bill) McKelvey

Overview

Explores the transportation history in the Phillpsburg to Washington and Port Murray, NJ corridor, including the Morris Turnpike, Morris Canal, Lackawanna Railroad, and the Easton & Washington trolley line.
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Description

Explores the transportation history in the Phillpsburg to Washington and Port Murray, NJ corridor, including the Morris Turnpike, Morris Canal, Lackawanna Railroad, and the Easton & Washington trolley line. It includes the development of the trolley route as well as the major local industries with a wealth of historic photos, maps, chronology, bibliography, local points of interest, the end of trolley service, epilogue, take a ride, and acknowledgements. Also described are the adjacent Warren Pipe Foundry, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Edison Portland Cement Company, local amusement parks, power plants for the trolley and construction of the major structures along the trolley line. The reader is also advised of a canal with inclined planes of Morris Canal design which can be explored and enjoyed in the present.
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About The Author

Capt. Bill has been a life-long NJ transport historian and preservationist, writer, author, publisher, bookseller, lecturer, canal study tour leader, and philanthropist. He was employed as an independent loss control consultant: railroad - rapid transit - light rail from 1996-1998. Prior to that he worked for CIGNA Property & Casualty Insurance Companies, Loss Control Services as a senior railroad specialist. McKelvey wrote the following books: Delaware & Raritan Canal: A Photographic History - 1975, Champlain to Chesapeake: A Canal Era Pictorial Cruise - 1978, Lehigh Valley Transit Company's Liberty Bell Route - 1989, The Transportation History of Boonton, NJ - 2018 and published "The Old Raging Erie... There Have Been Several Changes" by Harry L. Rinker -1984, and The Schuylkill Navigation: A Photographic History by Harry L. Rinker - 1991. His achievements include: Advocates for New Jersey History: 2012 Dwyer Award for outstanding achievement in journalism related to or supporting New Jersey History; American Canal Society: Life Member / Vice President / Director Emeritus; American Society of Safety Engineers, New Jersey Chapter: Professional Member / Past President 1965-1995; Canal Society of New Jersey: Life Member / Director / Consultant 1975 - present; Canal Study Tour Leader / Historian: US, Canada; Champlain / Delaware & Raritan Canals 1988, 1990; Erie Canal; England / Wales: 1973, 1974, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1998, 2005, 2010; Holland: 1995; Ireland: 1991, 2001; South France: 1993; Certified Safety Professional: 1973 - Retired 1998; Friends of the New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center, Inc.: 1989-2011 / Founding Member / Director / President Emeritus / Curator / Collections Manager / Editor, New Jersey Transport Heritage 1991- 2011 / Annual Symposium Coordinator 1990 - 2011 / Book Sales Manager / Facility Manager: Rail Storage Yard; Pump House / 2011 "Public Service" Award in Recognition of the Contributions of Capt. Bill McKelvey; Liberty Historic Railway, Inc.: 2010+ Founder / Chairman Emeritus / Treasurer / Site Search Leader; New Jersey General Assembly: Recipient of Legislative Proclamations: 2009 & 2011; New Jersey Historical Commission: Award of Recognition for Outstanding Service to Public Knowledge and Preservation of the History of New Jersey 1984; Rutgers University, Bloustein School of Planning: Liberty State Park Rail Access Feasibility Study: Advisor & Part Time Lecturer 2008-2009; Society for Industrial Archeology, Roebling Chapter: 2004 John Augustus Roebling Award for "dedication to preserving the transportation heritage of New Jersey in all its watered and wheeled forms"; Tri-State Railway Historical Society: Lifetime Membership Awarded 2017; Annual Thomas Taber Service Award 2018; United Railroad Historical Society of NJ: 1989 – Delegate / Site Committee Chair. Upsala College, Business Administration Major - 1962. US Army, Served in Korea and as Post Engineer Assistant, El Paso, TX 1957-1960, Honorably Discharged 1963. Bloomfield, NJ Senior High School 1957.
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