User:Djflem/Weehawken Branch

Weehawken Branch
http://www.jon-n-bevliles.net/RAILROAD/Erie%20ETTs/ny-ett31.html page 20 Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick Yard

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Encyclopedia of North American Railroads by William D. Middleton, George M. Smerk and Roberta L. Diehl (Apr 6, 2007)

http://books.google.nl/books?id=_ogUAQAAIAAJ&q=Encyclopedia+of+North+American+railroads+George+E.+Archer+Erie&dq=Encyclopedia+of+North+American+railroads+George+E.+Archer+Erie&hl=en&sa=X&ei=t76KUeCdB6O70QXTxoHYBQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA

http://gold.mylargescale.com/Scottychaos/Rochester/ Lawrence, Scot (October 25, 2006). "Railroad History of Rochester, New York". Rochester, New York: Scot's Train Pages

http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.2a2c96e6d1ee73625a75cdb601c789a0/

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/amtrak_to_be_reimbursed_for_sa.html#incart_river

The Weehawken Branch was an Erie Railroad freight branch in Jersey City, Hoboken and Weehawken, New Jersey providing a connection between its terminals on the Hudson Waterfront. It ran parallel to New York Central's New Jersey Junction Railroad, later becoming part of Conrail's River Line. The right-of-way (ROW) is now part Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.

In addition to it's massive complex of yards and Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, the Erie maintained yards and car float operations on the waterfront in Weehawken. to an area north of Weehawken Cove now known as Lincoln Harbor. They were both connected to the classification yard at Croxton.

Development
The Erie Railway began developing the area in the late 1860s, initially leasing a track from the Hoboken Land Company.

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Erie's complex was large built on land-fill from Weehawken Cove.which had partially filled the cove to be built. The New York, Lake Erie and Western Docks and Improvement Company was incorporated in 1881 and by 1890 had built 26.895 miles of yard track and sidings at Weehawken.

Stock yards 1882 http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F30614FD3F5411738DDDA00894D0405B8284F0D3

Erie's piers that once occupied the waterfront at Weehawken, they are from left to right, A, an open pier, 580 feet long, 71 feet wide with 2 tracks with a capacity of 45 railway cars, and 40,000 square feet of storage space. B, open, 839 by 82 feet, 4 tracks, 48 cars, 20,000 square feet. C, covered, 820 by 96 feet, 2 tracks, 33 cars, 136,000 square feet on two floors. D, the pier where my father worked, covered, 738 by 98 feet, two tracks, 28 cars, 195,000 square feet on 3 floors. F, covered, 845 by 96 feet, one track, 17 cars, 153,000 square feet. And H, open, 975 by 91 feet, 4 tracks, 80 cars and 70,000 square feet.

Fires

Seatrain
After the merger of Erie with the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western to form the Erie-Lackawanna operations dwindled. The property was sold to Seatrain, which developed a container terminal.

By 1981 Seatrain was bankrupt.

Lincoln Harbor
It has since been renovated and is used as a yacht basin. Pier D and Piershed is a remnant of the rail era that is New Jersey Register of Historic Places site designated in 1984. renovated and used as office space.