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Title: Trolley exploring : an electric railroad guide to historic & picturesque places about New York, New Jersey, and New England
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Childe, Cromwell
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Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y. : Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ilk mills being her first indus-tries. This summer it is possible to make an interesting round trip inPaterson touring. Take this route one way and Route 13, justnow extended to Paterson, the other. Route 13s terminus isopposite 130th street, Manhattan. Its cars can be met by taking cars Route 11, changing at Fort Lee. (See also Route 7a.) ROUTE 10. Over the Bergen Turnpike from 14thStreet Ferry to Ridgefield, Little Ferry.Hackensocck a^nd Cherry Hill. This line runs over the old Hackensack (Bergen) Turnpike, andin spite of legal complications, it has been completed well to the 26 Trolley Exploring. north of Hackensack, It runs through Hobokerv, crossesOverpeck Creek and the Hackensack River, passing throughFairview, Ridgefield and Little Ferry. The direct route fromNew York to Hackensack, though also see Route 13. Between Fairview and Ridgefield there are yet standing,•along this line, some interesting old-fashioned English houses. ROUTE 11. From Fourteenth street ferry to FortLee.
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OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,ELIZABETH, N. J.Courtesy of Elizabeth Journal. Take the Union Hill car from Fourteenth street ferry (5cents), changing at Fourth streetand Broadway to the Fort Leecar (10 cents additional). The excuse of this route, notespecially attractive to travelover in itself, is that it offersfour interesting sights for thetrolley tourist. Fort Lee maybe far more conveniently reachedbv way of the Forty-second streetferry (See Route 12). Butalong this Hoboken shore thereare several points not to bemissed. The first two of these lie closetogether—Castle Point, the residence of the famous Stevensfamily, engineers and fashion-ables of New York for genera-tions; and the great Stevens In-stitute, one of Americas fore-most scientific schools. CastlePoint may be readily seen fromthe river, from any of the up-town ferry boats, the one dis-tinctive object on the Jerseyshore, perched commandinglyand grandly on a bluff at thewaters edge. The Stevens In-stitute is close to the Castl

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