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Jersey City Free Books
NEW JERSEY
A Guide To Its Present And Past
Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the
Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey
American Guide Series
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
Tour 1
Linden - Rahway
General Motors Assembly Line, Linden
LINDEN, 25.6 miles (25 alt., 21,206 pop.), has a. business district to
serve local people and the endless chain of motor traffic. A large part of
die population works at local industrial plants. On the highway (R) is
WHEELER PARK, an attractive recreational area maintained by the county.
Just west of the park are (R) two of Linden's newest and most important
Industries, the neatly landscaped PLANT OF THE GORDON DRY GIN Co.
and a GENERAL MOTORS ASSEMBLY PLANT (open for group tours weekdays 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.). The Bayway refinery of the Standard Oil Co.
of N. J. is within the municipality. Several miles from US 1 are (L) the
twin masts of radio station WOR's transmitter at Carteret, each 485 feet
high.
Standard Oil Refinery, Bayway
At 28 miles US 1 swings L., ascends an embankment, and crosses the
RAHWAY RIVER. The big dome of the NEW JERSEY REFORMATORY
(open daily except Sunday by appointment; groups limited to 25 persons), with its buttressed concrete wall and surrounding farm, is close to
the highway (L). A school for juvenile offenders is conducted here with
training in several industrial crafts.
The route traverses farming country in this section; red barns and an
occasional dairy herd are reminders of the rural setting that was unbroken
until construction of the speed highway several years ago spawned myriad
Tip-Top Bars, Cozy Nooks, Servicenters, Klub Kalitas, and other accessories of highway culture.
The Hudson River Is Jersey City's Arena For Water Sports!
