High Bridge Depot 1907


1908


1909




1910


1912


Hand Colored 1913


1910


Hand Colored 1915





5" x 6 1/4" wood engraved view "NEW JERSEY VIADUCT, HIGH BRIDGE, CENTRAL RAILROAD" from GLEASON'S PICTORIAL illustrated journal, dated October 28, 1854.

The High Bridge on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, a view of which we give on this page, is one thousand two hundred and eighty feet long, elevated one hundred and five feet above the water in the south branch of the Raritan River. The structure is on Pratt's plan, resting on the abutment, and seven piers of the best of granite stone masonry.  It is located in Hunterdon county, about one miles and a half west of the Clinton station.






1906


Wreck 1906


Big Bend in CRR NJ, High Bridge c.1900






Thomas St. Bridge 1908


Arches 1905


Arches 1914 Published by L.S. Perry


1928

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Churches




Reformed Church


Interior St. Joseph's Church


M.E. Church

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Streets




1909


Main St.


Cramer's Hotel, Main St.


Union Hotel 1918


Main St. 1905


East Main St. 1908


Main St. looking West 1912




Rialto Hall 1906


Main St. 1940s


Main St. 1950s


Centre St. 1907


Church Street 1907


Church St. 1912


Church Street 1915

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Parks and Lakes


Lake Solitude


Lake Solitude


Lake Solitude Boat House 1908


1908


Riverside Grove Picnic 1907


Riverside Grove


Riverside Grove close up


Beaver Brook 1908


1909


Central Lake


Foundry Bridge


Taylor's Dam 1910


River Road along Lake Solitude 1920s


Lake Solitude Dam 1924




1940

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Schools


High School 1905


High School 1905


High School 1908


High School 1909



Postmarked Sep. 2, 1911


1920

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Taylor Iron


Taylor Iron Main Office 1880s


Taylor Iron Main Office 1880s



The 28.3 acre TISCO Complex was once part of a 10,000 acre parcel of land owned by wealthy Philadelphia investors William Allen and Joseph Turner who founded the Union Iron Works here in 1742. The Iron Works produced farm implements, tools and cannon balls for Washington's Army during Colonial times. In the recent past, this property and structures were once part of the Taylor Wharton Iron and Steel Company, which is the nation's oldest continuously operating foundry in the country, and America's second oldest business.

The TISCO Office building dates to around 1725, and pre-dates the incorporation of the Union Iron Works. The structure had always housed the general office of the steel companies and contained the offices of the presidents William and Allen in 1742 through George R. Hanks in 1972. The original form was expanded in both the 19th and 20th centuries.  With the closing of Taylor Wharton in 1972, the structure remained intact but vacant for decades. In 2007, the Union Forge Heritage Association launched a public awareness campaign to save the historic structure and the start of restoration efforts. In 2007 it was placed on Preservation NJ's top 10 list of endangered sites, and is a state and nationally recognized historic structure.


circa 1907




1912


circa 1930


1909


1910



1933




Oct. 17, 1906


Taylor Iron Machine Shop






Camp Taylor YMCA Reveille


October 1917




















Example of bent rail.  Not High Bridge


1917


Workers at the now defunct Taylor-Wharton iron foundry in High Bridge assemble parts for the war effort in 1944. Photo dated 1944. Far right Bernard Thomas.


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1983


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1983


1986

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Misc.


Raritan Graphite Mill 1907