THANKS TO GARY LIPPINCOTT OF GROVEVILLE FOR THE FOLLOWING ADDITION TO THE TURNPIKE CONTROVERSY. GARY WRITES:
There was a toll house for the Trenton-Allentown turnpike located at the intersection of the Yardville-Allentown Road and the Crosswicks-Hamilton Square. It was torn down within the last ten years for the widening of that intersection. Friends of my parents lived there , Ed and Alma Randall, during the late fifties, early sixty's, till they moved to Allentown.
There is a house that I have been told is a toll house and is exactly like their's. It still remains at the corner of the Crosswicks-Chesterfield Road and Hogback Road, in Bordentown Township.
They both have the same shape, square with a flat roof.
Gary
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Thanks again Gary for your input. There was also a toll house at the intersection of Cedar Lane, (then known as Cedar Street), and South Broad Street. Also at the intersection of Hamilton (Sandtown Road) and today's Nottingham Way.
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Thanks again Gary for your input. There was also a toll house at the intersection of Cedar Lane, (then known as Cedar Street), and South Broad Street. Also at the intersection of Hamilton (Sandtown Road) and today's Nottingham Way.
Tom - Interesting how the word 'turnpike' came into being - in the old days an actual log or pike was placed across the road before anyone could pass and a toll had to be paid. When the toll was satisfied, the pike was turned so the traveler could pass - hence the name 'turn pike'.
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