NO DATE, BUT OLD! YARDVILLE "MILL RACE"

FROM GARY LIPPINCOTT, THIS UPDATED

VIEW OF MY POST BELOW, ALSO GARY'S INTERESTING COMMENTARY.

Grist Mill on Church Street

This is a photo of the Grist Mill on Church Street,. This view is as if you were standing on the side of the creek between the Bridge and the dam on the Groveville side, looking down Church Street toward Yardville. The small white bridge in the center is the raceway bridge and is no longer there. The building to the left of the bridge is the Grist Mill; there was a Saw Mill further down the Raceway. The long dwelling in the trees was a multi family dwelling where the Mill workers lived, at one time my Uncle Jack Coffee lived there. The dwelling was torn down in the early 1950’s to make way for Route 25, now Route 130.

As you follow Church Street to the top of the hill, this is where the intersection of Church Street and Route 156. Route 156 at this time it was know as the Bordentown-South Amboy Turnpike, Chartered February 16, 1816, becoming Park Street as it entered Bordentown, along the Railroad Tracks.

The road forked just past the Crosswicks Creek, the right fork was the Bordentown-South Amboy Turnpike, the left fork is now known as Hogback Road, which continued on to the Bordentown–Crosswicks Turnpike, a privately maintained road, the Toll House is still on the corner. These were the two main roads to Bordentown long before Route 130 (Route 25, before 1953).

Sorry, I get carried away, now back to the Grist Mill

Below is a receipt for grain purchased at the Grist Mill, March 12, 1918

I have since received the communication above from my friend and Groveville Historian Gary Lippincott; thanks Gary!
DON'T MISS GARY'S GROVEVILLE SITE:
http://www.grovevillememories.blogspot.com/

1902: THE LALOR TRACT

THIS ARTICLE WAS POSTED IN JANUARY OF 2010. HOWEVER, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HISTORY OF THE HOLDINGS OF THE LALOR FAMILY WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE DELAWARE RIVER, DEUTZVILLE-RIVERVIEW CEMETERY AREA TO AN AREA NEAR BROAD STREET PARK, AND NORTHWARD TO THE CASS STREET AND ADELINE STREET PLACE THIS HISTORIC ARTICLE IN THE CATEGORY OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.
(THE FORMER POST HAS BEEN DELETED AND MOVED UP TO RECENT POSTS.)
From deep within the millions of pages of Trenton newspapers comes this fascinating article telling interesting facts about the fabled "Lalor Tract." This 108 year old bit of history is quite difficult to classify. Along with interesting infomation on the Lalor family, there are tantalizing entries relating to Duck Island's tobacco and horseradish culture, Deutzville, Bow Hill, St. John's Cemetery, the D & R Canal, Jordan Mott and Roebling Companies, and numerous references to potteries. This article is a treasure trove of the South Trenton-Lalor-Bow Hill area of Hamilton Township.

1942: CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HAMILTON TOWNSHIP

All my adult life I have searched for that little bit of information which would say something like
"Hamilton Township got its name from...." Even going back to the original organizational meeting minutes, there is no reference to the reason the name Hamilton was chosen. There are numerous others including former Mayor Jack Rafferty and former Council President Jack Lacy included among those who have searched in vain for the reason we were called Hamilton. Personally, I would have opted for "Nottingham Township," giving us a bit of a Colonial flavor.

Don Whiteley said...

Tom:

My diary has an entry on May 2, 1942-"We had the Hamilton Township 100th Anniversery Parade and Miss Briton, Visdas, Tidgewell and I were the only ones of our class parading.We had lots of fun." As I recall, we marched on Broad Street in the Yardville area but I am hazy on that.

Don Whiteley

VISIT DON'S VERY INTERESTING YARDVILLE AND YARDVILLE HEIGHTS BLOGS. THE LINKS ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY HOME PAGE.

1928: HAMILTON DEDICATES THE NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING

This graphic illustrates and recalls the events and personnel surrounding the dedication of the new Hamilton Township Municipal Building at 2090 Greenwood Avenue in Hamilton. This now historic structure has been carefully kept in as nice condition as allowed, given the age of the building.

A NOTE FROM TOM: ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS RELATING TO THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING DEDICATION CEREMONY CAN BE FOUND BY GOING TO SEARCH BLOG AND TYPING IN 1929 DEDICATION.

1975: Extract from "Old Nottingham"

To celebrate America's Bicentennial back in 1975 and 76, many cities, towns and villages published material of local historical interest. Such was the case with the extract above.