Dunellen / John Triolo and Liz Marren-Licht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Triolo, John., Author.

Marren-Licht, Liz., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dunellen (N.J.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Dunellen (N.J.).

Dunellen (N.J.)--History--Pictorial works.

Dunellen (N.J.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

If the Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad had not laid tracks through the area in 1840, Dunellen would not exist today. In 1867, the Central New Jersey Land Improvement Company founded Dunellen from a small slice of Piscataway. Their vision was to create a bedroom community for New York City that offered stores and services to support residents; in 1887, Dunellen was incorporated as a borough. Called the "Emerald of the Plain," Dunellen was promoted as a resort with stagecoaches taking tourists from the Railroad Depot to Washington Rock and other resort locations several times a day. By the turn of the century, Dunellen had become an industrialized community with companies specializing in steel fabrication, printing, and brick and concrete block production. Through vintage images, Dunellen chronicles the evolution of the community from its early history to today, coming full circle as a bedroom community known as "The Railroad Town."

Contents:

Early history

Railroad town

North Avenue

Homes and residents

Churches and organizations

Schools and parks

Municipal services

Industry and businesses

Memorable events

Little-known facts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

885207724