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was given authorization to subscribe $ 100,000 of additional stock to fund the new railroad. Surveying for the line began on
September 8, 1851, grading began on October 19, 1852, and the first track was laid on April 4, 1853. The first section of line was opened on July 18, 1853. The establishment of
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Jackson Street at Mechanic Street in Freehold Borough has not as of yet been improved to be part of the trail. It is not clear whether this part of the right of way is still owned by New Jersey Transit which owns the rest of the line north into Matawan. The latter has been ‘railbanked’ which
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The railroad was reorganized under a special law of New Jersey, on May 21, 1879, when it was incorporated, in which three railroads consolidated to form the company, including the
Farmingdale and Squan Village Railroad, the Freehold Marl Company Railroad (which later became the Monmouth County
244:), and as Minister to France, was an attorney for the Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad. Dayton had helped in settling land disputes arising from the location of the railroad's right-of-way route passage. In 1866, the community of
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The length of the trackage amounted to 27.323 miles (44 km). The
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for fertilizer production. The headquarters of the railroad was originally in
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took over the abandoned railroad line, and operations resumed. The railroad line is known as the
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351:. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 49.
439:. Freehold, NJ. July 15, 1858. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
379:. Manasquan, NJ. July 1, 1971. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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409:. Red Bank, NJ. May 31, 1907. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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means it can be reactivated (if economic conditions warrant.)
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747:"Sale of Land to JCP&L IS Approved"
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483:"A Walking Tour of Jamesburg"
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