Timeline Of Newark, New Jersey History
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Timeline Of Newark, New Jersey History
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newark, New Jersey, United States. Before 1800 * 1666 - Robert Treat and other Puritans buy land from Hackensack tribe. * 1710s - Sydenham House and Plume House (residences) built (approximate date). * 1712 - Harrison Cider Apple created (approximate date). * 1726 - College of New Jersey founded. * 1730 - Presbyterianism superseded Congregationalism. * 1743 - Trinity Church built. * 1756 - Princeton College relocated from Newark to Princeton. * 1770 - One tannery operated. * 1774 - Newark Academy established. * 1780 - January 25: Elizabethtown and Newark Raid by British forces. * 1787 - First Presbyterian Church built. * 1791 - ''Woods's Newark Gazette'' begins publication. * 1795 - Newark Plank Road to Bergen constructed (approximate date). * 1797 - Newark Fire Association founded. * 1798 - Three tanneries operating. 1800s * 1803 - Newark Female Charitable Society founded. * 1810 - Weller's Circulati ...
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History Of Newark, New Jersey
Newark has long been the largest city in New Jersey. Founded in 1666, it greatly expanded during the Industrial Revolution, becoming the commercial and cultural hub of the region. Its population grew with various waves of migration in the mid 19th century, peaking in 1950. It suffered greatly during the era of urban decline and suburbanization in the late 20th century. Since the millennium it has benefited from interest and re-investment in America's cities, recording population growth in the 2010 and 2020 censuses. Founding and 18th century Newark was founded in 1666 by Connecticut Puritans led by Robert Treat from the New Haven Colony to avoid losing political power to others not of their own church after the union of the Connecticut and New Haven colonies. It was the third settlement founded in New Jersey, after Bergen, New Netherland (later dissolved into Hudson County, then incorporated into Jersey City) and Elizabethtown (modern-day Elizabeth). They sought to ...
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Old First Presbyterian Church (Newark, New Jersey)
The Old First Presbyterian Church, also known as First Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, is a church in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The grounds, located in the Four Corners Historic District, includes an old burial ground. Notable burials * William Burnet (1730–1791), physician who represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1781. * Silas Condit (1778–1861), represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1831 to 1833. * Thomas Ward (1759–1842), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1813 to 1817. * Thomas M. Woodruff (1804–1855), represented New York's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847.
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Balbach Smelting & Refining Company
Balbach Smelting & Refining Company (also known as Balbach and Sons Refining and Smelting Company) was a smelting plant in Newark, New Jersey operating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was the first commercial electrolytic refinery in the United States, and until its closure in the 1920s, it was the second largest metal processing enterprise in the United States. History The company president was Edward Balbach Jr., a metallurgist born in 1839 in Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany. He came to the United States in 1848 with his father Edward Balbach Sr. (1804–1890), who started the Balbach family fortune by collecting gold and silver dust from Newark jewelry shop floors, turning it into bullion. In 1865, Edward Balbach Jr. patented the "Balbach Process" which separated gold and silver from lead, which in 1872 evolved into something closely resembling the Parkes process, which had been developed earlier (1850) in England. In 1881, the Balbachs began to manufacture copper, jus ...
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New Jersey Institute Of Technology
{{Infobox university , name = {{nowrap, New Jersey Institute of Technology , image = New Jersey IT seal.svg , image_upright = 0.9 , former_names = Newark College of Engineering (1930–1975)Newark Technical School (1881–1930) , established = {{Start date and age, 1881, 02, 09{{Efn , name=Newark Industrial Institute , accreditation = MSCHE , type = Public research university , academic_affiliations = Sea-grantSpace-grant CHEN , endowment = $170 million (2021) , budget = $547.0 million (FY2021) , president = Teik C. Lim , provost = Atam P. Dhawhan , city = Newark , state = New Jersey , country = United States , coordinates = {{Coord, 40.742, -74.179, region:US-NJ_type:edu, display=inline, title , students = 11,901 (Fall 2021){{cite web, title=The Office of I ...
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Newark City Cemetery
Newark City Cemetery, also known as Newark Municipal Graveyard and Floral Rest, in Newark, New Jersey is a no-longer-used potter's field, or cemetery for the indigent. It was in use from 1869 until the early 1950s. An 1889 report of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey found with respect to the no-longer extant Clinton Township, which once included the area: "There are two cemeteries, or burial-places, in the township — Clinton cemetery, in the village and upon the banks of Elizabeth River, and Newark potter's field, down in the salt meadow section". Located in the Dayton neighborhood on Bessemer St. near Newark Airport and is prominently visible from the monorail serving it. The city began using the cemetery as a dump in 1954, until it was ordered to restore it in 1998. The area has been restored, but as of 2010 it is closed to the public. See also *Hudson County Burial Grounds *Mount Olivet Cemetery (Newark) Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in the ...
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Newark And New York Railroad
The Newark and New York Railroad was a passenger rail line that ran between Downtown Newark and the Communipaw Terminal at the mouth of the North River (Hudson River) in Jersey City, bridging the Hackensack River and Passaic River just north of their mouths at the Newark Bay in northeastern New Jersey. The Central Railroad of New Jersey operated it from its opening in 1869. Though operations ended in 1946; portions remained in use until 1967. History Opened on July 23, 1869 and operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ), the railroad provided a direct route between Newark and its Jersey City terminal, where passengers could transfer to ferries to New York. The line cost $300,000 per mile, unprecedented at the time, earning it the sobriquet "the country's costliest railroad". In 1872 a connection south was added at a junction called Newark Transfer to Elizabeth, where it joined the railroad's main line, which crossed Newark Bay at Bayonne on the predecessor of the ...
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Franklin Murphy (governor)
Franklin Murphy (January 3, 1846February 24, 1920) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician, who served as the 31st governor of New Jersey, from 1902–1905. He was the founder of the Murphy Varnish Company in Newark, New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey. Civil War Service Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was attending Newark Academy when the American Civil War started. In July 1862, he enlisted in the Union Army, despite being only 16 years old, and was mustered in as a Private in Company A, 13th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on July 19, 1862. He rose in rank during his field service, being promoted to Corporal#United States, corporal on August 25, 1862, to second lieutenant#United States, second lieutenant on February 22, 1863, and to first lieutenant#United States, first lieutenant on February 24, 1864. His regiment fought in the Battles of Battle of Antietam, Antietam, Battle of Chancellorsville, Chancellorsvile, Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysbu ...
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Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company
The Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company was a brewery in Newark, New Jersey founded by Gottfried Krueger and John Laible (Gottfried's Uncle) in 1858. The company produced Krueger's Special Beer, the first beer to be sold in cans, in November, 1933. History Krueger's was founded 1858; however, its roots go further back. In 1851 Louis Adam and J. Braun met to form a new brewery, but Braun died, so Adam partnered with John Liable to form Liable & Adam. In 1851, Liable invited his nephew from Germany, Gottfried Krueger, then 16, to assist in the brewery. In 1858, Adam took over the brewery and Liable invested in Krueger, until 1865, when Krueger partnered with Gottlieb Hill to purchase Louis Adam's brewery under the Hill & Krueger banner. The brewery went from 4,000 to 25,000 within 10 years. When Hill passed in 1875 Kruger became sole owner and changed the brand to G. Kruger Brewing Company. 1882 began a period of huge success for Krueger. He joined a syndicate with Peter Hauck an ...
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New Jersey Historical Society
The New Jersey Historical Society is a historical society and museum located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The Historical Society is housed in the former headquarters of the Essex Club. It has two floors of exhibition space, a gift shop, and a hall for lectures. The NJHS offers occasional Newark walking tours. The Society formerly published the academic journal, ''New Jersey History''. Exhibitions can be found on the second and third floor while the library reading room is housed on the fifth floor, formerly the Essex Club squash courts The Society is open to the public. Members are free, while non-members pay an admission fee. Patrons visiting the library are encouraged to make an appointment. The current director is Steven Tettamanti. History The society was founded in 1845 at Trenton by intellectual and business leaders of New Jersey including Joseph C. Hornblower, Robert Gibbon Johnson, Peter D. Vroom and William Whitehead. In 1846, the society ...
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in the North Ward of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on the west bank of the Passaic River in Newark's Broadway neighborhood, opposite Kearny. It occupies approximately 40 acres (162,000 m²) and was designed by Horace Baldwin. The cemetery is listed on both the New Jersey Register (ID #1284, since 1987) and the National Register of Historic Places (Reference #87000836, since 1988). The graves of some of Newark's most eminent citizens are within Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The cemetery is dominated by the marble mausoleum of John Fairfield Dryden, the founder of Prudential Financial. Other notable interments include Marcus Lawrence Ward, Governor of New Jersey; Seth Boyden, inventor of patent leather; and Mary Stillman, first wife of Thomas Edison. Mount Pleasant also contains graves of members of the Kinney, Ballantine, and Frelinghuysen families. The cemetery itself was opened and inco ...
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Ballantine Brewery
P. Ballantine and Sons Brewing Company was an American brewery founded in 1840, making Ballantine one of the oldest brands of beer in the United States. At its peak, it was the 3rd largest brewer in the US. The brand is currently owned and operated by Pabst Brewing Company. Throughout history it is best known for its Ballantine XXX Ale; however, in August 2014 Ballantine IPA relaunched and has been received with mixed reviews (3.46 on Untappd). Ballantine is Pabst's foray into the craft beer market. History Ballantine era The company was founded in 1840 in Newark, New Jersey, by Peter Ballantine (1791–1883), who emigrated from Scotland. The company was originally incorporated as the Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company. Ballantine rented an old brewing site which had dated back to 1805. Around 1850, Ballantine bought out his partner and purchased land near the Passaic River to brew his ale. His three sons joined the business and in 1857 the company was renamed P. Ballanti ...
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Centre Street Bridge (Newark)
Centre Street Bridge may refer to: * Centre Street Bridge (Newark) in Newark, New Jersey, no longer standing * Centre Street Bridge (Calgary) The Centre Street Bridge is a historic bridge in Calgary, Alberta, crossing the Bow River, along Centre Street. The lower deck connects Riverfront Avenue in Chinatown with Memorial Drive, while the upper elevated deck crosses Memorial Driv ...
in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; seen in the movie ''Exit Wounds''. {{disambiguation ...
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