by GandyDancer
I think the PSE&G facility was a nautral gas pipline terminus before they put in the gas-powered generators. You can still see the outline of several of the old-style expansion tanks on the PSE&G property through the trees.
There were a couple of sidings there, so coal-fueled power generation in the past seems a possibility. Was gone before the '60's for sure.
Silver Lake itself, as was most of the area, was a sand pit. I suspect a lot of sand, gravel and terra cotta traveled on that line. What I can't figure out was why the trestle and what was served west of Silver Lake that merited that construction. Maybe the PSE&G property was larger at one point.
A lot of through streets in the Silver Lake neighborhood were closed off because traffic would spill off of Rt. 1 - especially heavy trucks bound for Raritan Arsenal/Raritan Center via Woodbridge Ave.
There were a couple of sidings there, so coal-fueled power generation in the past seems a possibility. Was gone before the '60's for sure.
Silver Lake itself, as was most of the area, was a sand pit. I suspect a lot of sand, gravel and terra cotta traveled on that line. What I can't figure out was why the trestle and what was served west of Silver Lake that merited that construction. Maybe the PSE&G property was larger at one point.
A lot of through streets in the Silver Lake neighborhood were closed off because traffic would spill off of Rt. 1 - especially heavy trucks bound for Raritan Arsenal/Raritan Center via Woodbridge Ave.