Bordentown Camden & Amboy Railroad Historic District Project Update

On Tuesday, August 5, the first set of stone sleepers - twelve of them - from various locations along the Camden & Amboy Railroad, were moved into place and leveled. Three of the sleepers were quarried at Sing Sing prison, New York, but the rest were obtained from several locations in the Delaware Valley, and are of various types of rocks. The gauge between the rails was set at standard gauge: four feet, eight and one-half inches. Another stone sleeper was moved from behind the Bordentown River Line station to the future railroad park. WJC member Pierre LaCombe is spearheading this project, which is supported by the Bordentown Historical Society, the City of Bordentown, West Jersey Chapter, and the National Railway Historical Society. Photos by John Burlage.