Sepia tone photo of railroad tracks on the west side of Hoboken going into Weehawken, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1890-1900.
Entry/Object ID
2013.053.0001.006
Description
Sepia tone photo of railroad tracks on the west side of Hoboken going into Weehawken, no date, circa early 1890-1900.
Print 4-5/16" high x 7-1/4" wide. Photographer not indicated or established.
The view is tentatively considered as northeast from near 14th Street, Hoboken with the palisade (heights) to the left (West Hoboken). The left train tracks at ground level are part of the New Jersey Junction Railroad and were technically in West Hoboken (see reference image of map). These tracks were also used by the New York Central & Hudson River R.R., plus others such as the Erie. This right-of-way is still in use for the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.
Other tracks rising on trestles to go east into Hoboken for a short distance to an area used (at least by 1900) by the N.Y. Switch & Crossing Co. at Fifteenth Street (shown on Hopkins 1909 Plate 8 - see reference detail).
Detail image from the center shows water beyond the trestles which was probably tidal marsh.
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Photography
Exterior
Buildings
Railroads
Acquisition
Accession
2013.053
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Robert Maier by a Friend of the Museum.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1890 - 1900
Place
Location
Hoboken/West Hoboken
Notes
Date: 1890-1900
Dimensions
Height
5 in
Width
7 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Junction_Railroad
The New Jersey Junction Railroad (NJJ) was part of the New York Central Railroad and ran along the Hudson River in Hudson County, New Jersey, from the West Shore Railroad (NYCRR) yards at Weehawken Terminal south to Jersey City. It later owned an extension to the north, separated by the Weehawken yard from the original line.
The company was incorporated under the laws of New Jersey on February 27, 1886. On July 1, 1886, it was leased for 100 years to the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. The line opened for freight in May 1887 and passengers in June 1887.
About .24 mile of the New York and Fort Lee Railroad was leased to the New Jersey Junction Railroad on June 30, 1886.
The NJJ owned the entire stock of the New Jersey Shore Line Railroad, Jersey City and Bayonne Railroad, and State Line and Stony Point Railroad; only the former constructed track. On October 24, 1914, the NJJ was reorganized as a merger with the New Jersey Shore Line Railroad.
In 1952, the New York Central Railroad officially swallowed up the New Jersey Junction Railroad, which it had controlled since its beginning. The line eventually passed under control of CSX and Norfolk Southern as their River Line and Weehawken Branch. The southern section is now being used for New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, from North Bergen, south to Hoboken, with freight now running along the former Northern Railroad of New Jersey on the other side of the New Jersey Palisades.
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-04-25
