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High Bridge 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 Churches Reformed Church Interior St. Joseph's Church M.E. Church 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 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 Schools High School 1905 High School 1905 High School 1908 High School 1909 Postmarked Sep. 2, 1911 1920 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. 1971 1982 1983 1983 1983 1986 Misc. Raritan Graphite Mill 1907 |