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Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company

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The New Jersey Rail Road, Camden and Amboy Railroad, and Delaware and Raritan Canal Company moved to a closer association in 1867 when they created a joint board of directors. This was known as the "United Companies", although all three companies continued to be independent. A formal consolidation
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In 1836, the Philadelphia and Trenton agreed to cooperate with the Joint Companies. The Camden and Amboy linked these projects together by building from Bordentown to Trenton (1838), and then Trenton to New Brunswick (1839).
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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: The Corporate, Financial and Construction History of Lines Owned, Operated and Controlled To December 31, 1945. Volume II: Lines East of Pittsburgh
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The Protection Act, passed in 1832, "prohibit any other railroad from building within three miles of the Camden & Amboy's termini." This did not preclude the
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It was consolidated with two other railroads in 1872 to form the
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company, was building a line between its two namesake cities.
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The Camden and Amboy built three other short branches: the
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The line was further extended south from Bordentown to
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The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin
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on February 4, 1830, to develop connections between
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Index

Camden and Amboy
New York City
New Jersey
Robert L. Stevens
United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
Track gauge
New Jersey
oldest railroads in North America
United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Camden, New Jersey
Bordentown
River Line

New Jersey
Delaware and Raritan Canal Company
New York City
Philadelphia
railroad ties
T-section rails
Bordentown
Delaware River
South Amboy
Camden
New Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company
Jersey City, New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad
Pennsylvania
Princeton Branch

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