WHOA! "CHIMNEYS BELCHING SMOKE? HEY, YOU FOLKS ARE POLLUTING! BACK IN 1933 THE "BELCHING" CHIMNEYS OF TRENTON'S COUNTLESS INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES WERE LENDING A GRAY HUE TO THE BLUE ATMOSPHERE, AND OUR CITIZENS WERE BESIDE THEMSELVES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT AMERICA WAS SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION. ==========================================
THIS FROM HISTORIAN TOM REID WITH A VERY FASCINATING INSIGHT TO THE PHOTO ABOVE. THANK VERY MUCH, TOM!
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TOM WROTE:
Re:CHIMNEYS BELCHING SMOKE.
Pic is of area between N. Clinton Ave and the D&R Canal, and the Southard St and N. Olden Ave Bridges. These bridges are not shown and were vertical draw bridges. In 1943 the super structures was removed for WW ll scrape metal drive. These buildings shown were mostly potteries. A few years after pic taken, part of that canal was our "swimming hole" by sunken tug boats known as "tuggies". This area was just outside our Goosetown neighborhood.Any one wants to talk of that time and area, contact me at:
Tom Reed
Miami FL
Pic is of area between N. Clinton Ave and the D&R Canal, and the Southard St and N. Olden Ave Bridges. These bridges are not shown and were vertical draw bridges. In 1943 the super structures was removed for WW ll scrape metal drive. These buildings shown were mostly potteries. A few years after pic taken, part of that canal was our "swimming hole" by sunken tug boats known as "tuggies". This area was just outside our Goosetown neighborhood.Any one wants to talk of that time and area, contact me at:
Tom Reed
Miami FL
REGARDING THE ABOVE COMMENT FROM TOM REED, I NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE EVENT ANY VIEWER OF THE PAGE WISHES TO CONTACT HIM AND DISCUSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE CAN BE REACHED A MIMAREED@AOL.COM
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