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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
NEWARK, 27.4 miles (225 alt., 442,337 pop.) (see NEWARK).
Points of Interest: Newark Library, Plume House, Sacred Heart Cathedral, First
Presbyterian Church, Newark Museum, Weston Electric Plant, Borglum's Statue
of Abraham Lincoln, and others.
Right from Newark on Market St., bearing L. on Springfield Ave., both hard-surfaced highways, to IRVINGTON, 3.1 in. (212 alt., 56,733 pop.). In 1852 the
town, originally known as Camptown, was named for Washington Irving, who was
then at the height of his career. The people of Irvington are faithful sports fans
who are as interested in Newark's International League baseball team as they are in
their own semiprofessional teams, and in boxing and wrestling. The town was the
center of sporting events even 60 years ago when the Irvington-Millburn road race
was an annual event of great interest to cyclists. Both population and industry in
this manufacturing suburb have a record of constant growth.
The LIONEL PLANT, 28 Sager Pl. (open upon written application), is the largest
of three factories in the United States producing toy trains for a retail trade. Housed
in a one-story red brick building, the company has made electric trains since 1900.
In 1937 the output was 400,000 locomotives, 1,200,000 cars, and 568 miles of track.
During the pre-Christmas peak up to 1,100 workers are employed. The company's
most expensive locomotive is an S85 scale model of the New York Central R.R.'s
Hudson type passenger engine, for which the preparatory work, including draftsmanship and the making of a brass model and dies, cost $60,000. This model was
designed primarily for the 9,000 men in the United States who are scale-model rail-roaders, indulging in their hobby without the pretext of entertaining a child. Thanks
to its manufacture of the Mickey Mouse handcar, the company enjoyed a good
volume of business during the depression.
At 29.1 miles is the junction with US 1 and US 22 (see Tours 1 and 2).
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