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John Bull Monument

FIRST MOVEMENT BY STEAM ON A RAILROAD IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 12, 1831, BY THE ORIGINAL LOCOMOTIVE "JOHN BULL." NOW DEPOSITED IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONALMUSEUM AT WASHINGTON. THE...

FIRST MOVEMENT BY STEAM ON A RAILROAD IN THE STATE
OF NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 12, 1831, BY THE ORIGINAL LOCOMOTIVE
"JOHN BULL." NOW DEPOSITED IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL
MUSEUM AT WASHINGTON. THE FIRST PIECE OF RAILROAD TRACK IN
NEW JERSEY WAS LAID BY THE CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD
COMPANY BETWEEN THIS POINT AND THE STONE, THIRTY FIVE
HUNDRED FEET EASTWARD IN 1831.

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