Re: (erielack) Pascack Valley / NJ&NY name change?

[The Jordans <jjordan_@_blast.net>]

Mike-

What would be left of 140 year old metal (rusted) engine in one of the 
most polluted rivers in the country.  Not much!!!  Some of things 
thrown in that river not only destroy fish and wildlife but metal 
engines.

Remembering the Hackensack River from my "yute" (youth), there are 
things in there no one wants to know about.  40 years ago they were 
saying that the most polluted rivers in the country were the Hackensack 
and Passaic Rivers.

If your going in there diving, you must wear a state of the art 
Haz-Mat suit and probably pray alot.

- -Joe Jordan

At 10:09 PM 12/7/01 EST, NJNYRR_@_aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 12/7/2001 7:27:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>jjordan_@_blast.net writes:
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>> Just a note relating to other this railroad on another string:  
>> reported in the "Paterson Guardian" in March 1861: 'The engine 
>> Bergen, No.3 (a 4-2-0 type) ran off the open drawbridge over 
>> the Hackensack (river) and was buried in the river bottom.  
>> No evidence had ever been found that it was recovered.'
>> 
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>Isn't that some story?  I read about it in Wilson Jones and referenced it a 
>week or two ago in the railraod rumors thread.  I wonder if there are any 
>remains.  Physically it is possible, but I wonder if they can be located.  
>Anyone know anybody who has gone diving in that area?  Obviously it's not as 
>much fun as a reef in the Caribbean, but just wondering.
> 
>Michael Sheehy 
>NJ & NY RR/ Erie Milepost JC 34 "Summit Park Station"
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