(erielack) Montville Station

["Montgomery, Edward T" <Edward.Montgomery_@_fcps.edu>]

After reading all of the comments about the Montville station I began wondering why it was there.  Could it be that it was created for workers to get to the Pennick factory or its predecessors?  Transportation was difficult before the 1930's so taking the train to work might have been the thing to do.  The station is only about a mile from Boonton.  
 
I always thought of Montville as the low rent district between Towaco and Boonton.  It's hard to believe how things have changed.  Montville has some things that never seem to change like Van Riper Real Estate on the corner.  There was a junk yard up the hill going to Boonton with a bar in front of it.  On the Main Road to Towaco just past Van Riper was a feed store.  I think it's now condos.  The railroad was tucked away from the central part of the town.
 
Ed Montgomery
 

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