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Re: (erielack) BelDel Questilon
- --- "Gripp, William [NCSUS]" <WGRIPP_@_NCSUS.JNJ.COM> wrote:
> Was riding South out of Lambertville along Rt 29 toward Titusville
> yesterday and noticed a structure on the east side of the road similar
> to a coaling tower. It's right in front of the entrance to the Mercer
> County Correctional Facility. About 1/4 - 1/2 mile further south there
> is an old RR bridge across the canal which suggests a siding once
existed
> to this structure. The foundation is such that it appears that hoppers
> may have been placed beneath it for loading. Anyone happen to know its
> use?
There were a number of small quarries along the 'land side' of the canal.
'Down Along the Old Bel-Del' by Warren F. Lee has a photo of this area on
page 184, upper photo. The caption says there was a canal basin south of
Lambertville at a quarry; it shows the road going up to cross over a
typical bridge to clear the entrance to the basin. The railroad built a
bridge over the canal in 1900 to serve this quarry The bridge was known
as 'Jack's Trestle'. The map in the endpapers shows the Mercer County
Work House several miles south of Lambertville, north of a locality named
Moores, south of Moore Creek and north of Strawberry Hill.
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Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey
http://www.geocities.com/gkazin/index.html
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