Does anyone know the date the pivot bridge was built over the D&R canal in the Princeton Basin (off of Alexander Road)? I would imagine it coincided with the building of the now NJT line from Princeton Junction to Princeton, since the canal was there first??
The Princeton Branch opened May 29, 1865, on which date passenger trains stopped running over the old line. The old line was removed between Trenton and Princeton in July; a portion in Trenton was kept to serve businesses. The part from Princeton north to Kingston was removed in September on the start of freight operations on the Princeton Branch; and the part north of Kingston (which was not next to the canal) was kept to serve the Rocky Hill Railroad.
I'm not sure if the bridge is from 1865 or if it's been replaced.