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I just wrote to you about my understanding of Jersey City and Waterloo. Please read my statements

i love Waterloo Village. i grew up going there with my Bergen School. Thher is a whole bunch of History around this village that no one is speaking about. Well done Love your channel.

I don't know if you are reading any of your responses from older years, but just in case you do..... THANK YOU for this lovely Gem !!!!! This was the Greatest Video for me. I have been telling my son about Waterloo Village for decades. I grew up going to this fantastic Village, on school trips, several times during the 70's. It was nicely run with people dressed up as local colonial patrons. They each showed us about sheep wool and steering techniques; smelting metals, milking a cow, cloth making on a loom, honey retrieval, and on and on. So many memories of a wonderfully run village from possibly 1974 - 1978 (like I said, several trips). And that's coming from a Gal who grew up in Jersey City. It was all the complete opposite of what we lived everyday. It was all, simply Wonderful !!! At Waterloo, we were given tours of each of the buildings,, There was an OLD GRANDFATHER CLOCK sitting in the corner of a dining room in one of these outstanding buildings. I remember being so proud when one of the tour givers asked, "Who knows what's so different about this Grandfather Clock"? I proudly spoke up and said the Roman Number 4 was incorrect. Instead of it being the Roman Numeral IV it was IIII. She was rather astounded that I picked that oddity out. I explained that we were just taught about Roman Numerals at our "Bergen School" in Jersey City. Yes, a very small Private School that was around for about 125 years in Jersey City. I only mention this Incredible school because I was given an incredible opportunity beyond measure to have attended there for 13 years (1969 - 1982 Graduate High-School). So yes, we are planning to revisit this old great historical site come the end of November in honor of my 60th B-Day. Hopefully, the place is still there and there at least some of the old beauties still standing. Perhaps I can find a small tour of other interested parties. Do you have any insights? Right on Sir......so very well done. BTW - One of the old General Stores used to sell goodies for us kids as well as some antiques and local art. It was lovely. Cheers to you and your family for doing such an outstanding video. . Much Love - Kathryn

Bob Dylan is said to have showed up at the concert site, it is still there but is abandoned, and went home right away. He did not like that the concert was sponsored by a corporation. That would have been M&M Mars, with its headquarters being a few miles away from there, in Hackettstown.

This was great. I found the pond and the dam, but I can't figure out where that old road bridge is.

Those dates indicate that the abandonments date to the early Conrail era when they had a lot of redundant trackage.

Awesome 👍 Thanks for sharing this 🙏

Nice backstory..any info on the churchville station... thanks

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Thanks for posting this 🙏

I raised my 6 kids in Glen Gardner and I met and married the fire chief.

I started working with Erie Lackawanna in 1975, mostly in Hoboken Terminal, Grove Street, West End and Paterson. In 1988 I started working the Raritan Valley Line which was open past High Bridge at that point. I had always wished they would extend the passenger service to Phillipsburg.

Great tour

I used to live on the Pennsylvania side of this bridge and loved living there and having daily access to Frenchtown, NJ and it's charm. Wonderful video and you've made me homesick.

There's a girder bridge for the Massena (NY) Terminal Railroad. Most of the spans are steel, but one is aluminum. Why? Because at the terminus of the railroad is Alcoa. They made that span to prove that aluminum could be as strong as steel.

Great tour👍👍😎 Thanks Mike🙏

Great history and video, Thanks for posting this 👍😎

Nice tour thanks for posting this 👍

What’s the easiest way to get here

I know this trail well. At the Lower Kingtown Road junction is what looks like an old mill that was redone. That area is a superfund site and former DDT manufacturing site, kept open through WWII. The soil was remediated and the mill building, an historic linseed oil mfr., was repurposed to pump and treat contaminated groundwater. You can still see the monitoring and extraction wells along the road.

I am from Mansfield Woodhouse,Nottinghamshire in the UK.Surprised to see we have a namesake in the USA.Every day is a school day.

Been a long time since I've driven Rt. 69, changed to 31 back in the 60's. People used to sport bumper stickers " I drive hgwy 31, please pray for me." on account of all the dangerous little watering holes that freely existed back then. Lots died on the road....

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Foul Rift NJ, lived here all my life and this little berg is new to me.

Thanks especially for sharing this with us, I grew up in Port Murray and played many hours in the old brickyard/ Pyronics clay pits, but unfortunately I wasn’t interested in local history at my youth… Just a footnote: my sister was the office secretary for the Natco Corporation in ‘53-57, after she graduated high school Natco Corp. was the company that ran the brickyard

Thanks for your great posts🙏

Great history lesson Thanks for posting it 👍🙏

My special needs son those locks should be restored and used again!

Very delicate, informative piece about the still mystical Bound Brook. Has anyone really met and felt its immense mystique?

Up power nice

Cameraman breathing heavy

Are there any medicinal uses for them? Kudzu is good for women's issues, supposedly.

Thank you. Flow 444 💡🌊✅

There are also ruins visible a bit further south, east of the hwy along a utility easement; about 1,000 feet off the road. Also, regarding the brothel theory, Glen Gardner had several names in the past, one of which was Sodom, so putting two and two together…

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Versus those who are Homeless bum criminals , not actually people who lost their jobs etc. , the same difference as between a HOMELESS person who begs money for food and will actually use it to buy food versus those who won't and who will beg for food at the same time 2 blocks away there's 3 places giving out free lunches....

Barber branch is quite cool. The trestle in the parkway has been on my to do list. I've yet to check out the area you were in right here. The replacement bridge was just placed this year.

Possibly a munitions / black powder depot or Military Post?

The horn is pathetic.

Back in my youth, my father would march us up to the Rock and let us climb the rock base at the top. We loved doing it.

Awesomeness

how about some dates on the rails when they where made would be nice

So exciting 💤

Thanks! I love learning about the local history that you share about!

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Big turnout. Cop & trainman down there

Greetings Metro Trails. Enjoyed the video. Had to rewatched the video again, Because I wanted to know, where the tracks where going to the right of the PU tower. Now I know.

This video compared to today go look. It is silting up. Go check out the new growth.

One of my favorite parts of this state

This just randomly showed up in my feed. For some reason the algorithm decided I needed to see this. No idea what's happening but I'm glad the training enthusiasts are excited about it! 😂