Morris County Traction Company
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The Morris County Traction Company began trolley service in downtown Dover, New Jersey in July of 1904. It was expanded over the years until the system was completed in 1914 all the way to Newark, New Jersey, via Morristown, New Jersey and Summit, New Jersey.
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[edit] Routes and Service
Service was provided to: Bertand's Island Amusement Park at Lake Hopatcong, Ledgewood, Succasunna, Kenvil, Mine Hill, Dover, Wharton, Rockaway, Denville, Mountain Lakes, Boonton, Morris Plains, Morristown, Madison, Chatham, Summit, Irvington, downtown Elizabeth, and downtown Newark.
The line ran on both exclusive right-of-ways and on city streets, some of which, such as Broad Street in Summit, were designed and built to accommodate the trolley line. The power house for the trolley was located along the Passaic River in Summit, on the border of Chatham, New Jersey.
Buses and private automobiles were proved to be too much competition for the trolley lines and the trolley cars were replaced with buses between 1926 and 1928.[1]
[edit] Modern remnants
A two mile portion of the former Morris County Traction Company trolley line, along New Jersey Transit's Morris and Essex line in Morris Township, New Jersey, now serves as a bike and walking trail called the Traction Line Recreation Trail, under the supervision of the Morris County Park System.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ A History of Transit In Morris County, accessed November 29, 2006
- ^ Traction Line Recreation Trail, accessed November 29, 2006
[edit] Further Reading
- MORRIS COUNTY TRACTION COMPANY by Larry Lowenthal & William T. Greenberg, Jr.
