Hidden New Jersey

The travels and adventures of a couple of nuts wandering around New Jersey, looking for history, birds and other stuff.

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Showing posts with label John Stevens. Show all posts

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Keeping track: railroad vestiges lead to a storied past

It's not all that unusual to run across railroad tracks while wandering around New Jersey. With a few thousand miles of track laid over ...

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

John Fitch: a man with a head of steam

New Jersey was fertile ground for the development of the steamboat industry, whether in Nicholas Roosevelt's side-mounted propulsion wh...

Thursday, January 23, 2014

From copper mine to steamboat, the New Jersey ventures of Nicholas Roosevelt

When inclement weather forces us Hidden New Jersey ans to curtail travel, we often turn to other means of exploration. The reference books a...

Friday, May 10, 2013

Ghosts of Turnpike service areas, silent on the Newark Bay Extension

Drive eastbound on the Turnpike's Newark Bay extension, and as you approach Exit 14B for Liberty State Park, you might notice the road w...

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