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  • Discussion of the CNJ (aka the Jersey Central) and predecessors Elizabethtown and Somerville, and Somerville and Easton, for the period 1831 to its inclusion in ConRail in 1976. The historical society site is here: http://www.jcrhs.org/
Discussion of the CNJ (aka the Jersey Central) and predecessors Elizabethtown and Somerville, and Somerville and Easton, for the period 1831 to its inclusion in ConRail in 1976. The historical society site is here: http://www.jcrhs.org/

Moderator: CAR_FLOATER

 #619244  by CAR_FLOATER
 
Carter -

The bridge you see immediately south of the terminal is the elevated line (not sure if that is BMT or IRT) bewteen the Bronx and Manhattan. Below that is the Willis Ave. bridge.

The CNJ yard sat on either side of the 3rd Ave bridge. The main part with the freight house sat south of the bridge, and the later extension to serve a coal company was north of it, and adjacent to the Harlem Transfer.

RAH
 #624129  by timz
 
Yeah, we don't get why you're saying the pic makes it look like the CNJ freighthouse was north of the 3rd Ave bridge. Wouldn't you agree that's where the pic was taken from?

As you can see in the 1954 pics aerials at http://historicaerials.com there were two of those freighthouses in the Bronx side of the Harlem River.
 #624216  by CAR_FLOATER
 
timz wrote: As you can see in the 1954 pics aerials at http://historicaerials.com there were two of those freighthouses in the Bronx side of the Harlem River.
Actually, there were three (LV, HT, CNJ), though I admit only the CNJ and HT ones were the ones that were almost completely round, the LV one was only half round. However, the HT and LV ones were designed by the same person (Walter Berg).

CF