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Weehawken Branch[edit]

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Hudson County (PDF) (Map). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2013-05-10. which should be taken to Wikipedia:Requests for comment for evaluation. 

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Encyclopedia of North American Railroads by William D. Middleton, George M. Smerk and Roberta L. Diehl (Apr 6, 2007)


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http://gold.mylargescale.com/Scottychaos/Rochester/ Lawrence, Scot (October 25, 2006). "Railroad History of Rochester, New York". Rochester, New York: Scot's Train Pages



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The Weehawken Branch was an Erie Railroad freight branch in Jersey City, Hoboken and Weehawken, New Jersey providing a connection between its terminals on the Hudson Waterfront. It ran parallel to New York Central's New Jersey Junction Railroad, later becoming part of Conrail's River Line. The right-of-way (ROW) is now part Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.

In addition to it's massive complex of yards and Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City,[1] the Erie maintained yards and car float operations on the waterfront in Weehawken.[2] to an area north of Weehawken Cove now known as Lincoln Harbor. They were both connected to the classification yard at Croxton.[3]


Township of Weehawken v. Erie Railroad Company (United States Supreme Court February 13, 1956), Text.

Development[edit]

The Erie Railway began developing the area in the late 1860s, initially leasing a track from the Hoboken Land Company.[4]

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Erie's complex was large built on land-fill from Weehawken Cove.which had partially filled the cove to be built.[5][6][7][8] The New York, Lake Erie and Western Docks and Improvement Company was incorporated in 1881 and by 1890 had built 26.895 miles of yard track and sidings at Weehawken.[9]

Stock yards 1882 http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F30614FD3F5411738DDDA00894D0405B8284F0D3

Erie's piers that once occupied the waterfront at Weehawken, they are from left to right, A, an open pier, 580 feet long, 71 feet wide with 2 tracks with a capacity of 45 railway cars, and 40,000 square feet of storage space. B, open, 839 by 82 feet, 4 tracks, 48 cars, 20,000 square feet. C, covered, 820 by 96 feet, 2 tracks, 33 cars, 136,000 square feet on two floors. D, the pier where my father worked, covered, 738 by 98 feet, two tracks, 28 cars, 195,000 square feet on 3 floors. F, covered, 845 by 96 feet, one track, 17 cars, 153,000 square feet. And H, open, 975 by 91 feet, 4 tracks, 80 cars and 70,000 square feet.

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Abandonment[edit]

Site[edit]

Seatrain[edit]

After the merger of Erie with the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western to form the Erie-Lackawanna operations dwindled. The property was sold to Seatrain, which developed a container terminal.[10]

By 1981 Seatrain was bankrupt.[11][12]

Lincoln Harbor[edit]

It has since been renovated and is used as a yacht basin. [13] Pier D and Piershed is a remnant of the rail era that is New Jersey Register of Historic Places site designated in 1984.[14] renovated and used as office space.

See also[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ French, Kenneth, Images of Rail: Railroads of Hoboken and Jersey City,Arcadia Publishing, 2002, p125, ISBN 978-0-7385-0966-2
  2. ^ Sherman, Lauren; Gaulkin, Ellen Robb (February 2009). Weehawken (paper). Images of America (1st ed.). Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-6268-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ United States v. Erie Railroad Company, 237 U.S. 402 (United States Supreme Court May 3, 1915).
  4. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70E14FF3559107B93C5A81789D95F448784F9
  5. ^ "WEEHAWKEN IMPROVEMENTS; Filling up of the Cove--New Railroads--A City of Termini over the River". The New York Times. June 4, 1869.
  6. ^ De Palma, Anthony (July 7, 1987). "River City is Planned for Jersey". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  7. ^ Hartz Mountain Industries: Lincoln Harbor
  8. ^ "5 Weehawken Piers, Warehouse, 2 Trains and 30 Barges Burn". The New York Times. November 4, 1921. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  9. ^ "Erie Railroad" (PDF). Inventory June 1918. June 30, 1918. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  10. ^ Van Ham, J.C.; Rijsenbrij, J.C (2012), Development of Containerization Success through Vision, Drive and Technology, Delft University Press, ISBN 9781614991465
  11. ^ Kaye, David (March 23, 198). "American Economy Leaving Weehawken Behind". Associated Press. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  12. ^ Narvaez, Alfonso A. (March 10, 1981). "Weehawken Layoffss Froced by Collapse of Seatrain". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  13. ^ Erie Railroad Weehawken facilities
  14. ^ New Jersey Register of Historic Places in Hudson County per July 2009

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