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The Camden Horse Railroad was a result of growth within the City of Camden, New Jersey due to the Civil War. Shipyards, Ferries and Textile Mills were established to facilitate materials and transportation for the Union. The Camden Horse Railroad incorporated March 1866 however it's street rail lines were not constructed until 1871.

Improved suburban trolley transportation was largely the result of a bitter legal debate between the Camden Horse Railroad Company and the West Jersey Traction Company, organized in 1893 to connect Camden with the surrounding towns. Three years later, the dispute over trolley routes was resolved by a merger of the two companies in opposition forming the Camden Suburban Railway Company. In 1904, the Camden Suburban Railway Company was absorbed by the South Jersey Gas and Traction Company (1900) and, by 1910, was under control of the Public Service Railroad Company.