Does anybody know how long ago that the complex that contains Casal Industries and the buildings west of that along South Ave in Garwood was a smelter owned by Alcoa?
I can give you an estimate.
I grew up in Garwood and I knew a couple of the Casale family members and the owners of Petro Plastics too.
I would say it was about 100 years ago so I was told by one of them.
The cement colored Casale office building located on South Ave was built in the 50's.
Alot of the old factories in Garwood were around or slightly before the turn of the century.
I can also give you more historical info about the town if you are interested, just use this website to contact me via private message and I can tell you more.
I don't know how much you know about Garwood, I guess you already know, the Jersey Central is what put that town and all of the other nearby towns on the map.
Garwood was once very active and busy in terms of industry and how the railroad served the factories with freight service.