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Prospect Street Station (Passaic, New Jersey)
Prospect Street was a former commuter railroad station in the city of Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey. One of four stations for the Erie Railroad in Passaic, Prospect Street had a single station depot with two platforms. The next station going north towards Dearborn Station in Chicago, Illinois was the downtown Passaic station while the next station south toward Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City was Passaic Park. The station opened on June 21, 1880 as Passaic Centre station, located at a former site of the downtown Passaic station, back when the latter was known as Huyler's. The name was changed to Prospect Street around 1882. After multiple attempts to eliminate the station along with another at Harrison Street, the railroad succeeded in 1953. Station layout History Railroad service through the city of Passaic began on May 28, 1832 with the opening of the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad through Acquackanonk to Paterson. The first station, later to be kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passaic, New Jersey
Passaic ( or ) is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a total population of 70,537, ranking as the 16th largest municipality in New Jersey and an increase of 656 from the 69,781 counted in the 2010 United States census.Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Passaic city , . Accessed December 14, 2011. The |
Passaic Station (Erie Railroad)
Passaic station was a railway station for the Erie Railroad in downtown Passaic, New Jersey. The station sat in the center of Main Street at the corner of Madison Street. Though there were three other stations in the city—Prospect Street and Passaic Park to the east, and Harrison Street to the west—the simply named Passaic station was the primary station for the city, located at grade in the busiest section of its main business street. History Construction and opening (1829–1832) Proposals for a railroad through Acquackanonk Township came in 1829 when an appeal was made to the New Jersey State Legislature. Members of the town of Paterson and multiple manufacturers petitioned the Legislature to approve a new railroad to help transport goods to the Hudson River. Roswell Colt, a local industrialist, worked with engineer John Sullivan to help design and imagine a new railroad through the area the year prior. Due to a recent economic depression, manufacturers found it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
