Identifier: guidebookofcentr00harp (find matches)
Title: Guide-book of the Central railroad of New Jersey, and its connections through the coal-fields of Pennsylvania
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Harper, firm, publishers, New York. (1864. Harper & brothers) (from old catalog)
Subjects: Central Railroad of New Jersey
Publisher: New York : Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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RAILKOAD BRIDGE AT BCKA3STON. ty. The mountains which surround the town have gen-erally none of that hazy veil about them which distancewould give, so near are they, and their forms so well de-fined. Just noticing that Hyde Park is itself a village of no
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CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY. 47 mean pretensions, let us return to the opposite side.Near the station is to be «een what, from its shape, iscalled the Round House, and which contains the enginethat blows the blast furnace, one of the largest, if notquite the largest engine in the country. Taking the main street of the town to the northward,we soon reach the Wyoming House, an elegant edificeof large proportions, and affording the traveler the mostexcellent accommodations. A walk of five minutes from the station takes us tothe Rolling Mills, on the banks of Roaring Brook. Onthe way we pass the residence of the late Colonel Scran-ton, which is very elegant both in itself and in its sur-roundings. These mills are on the north side of thetown, and, to be properly appreciated for their sceniceffect,, should be visited at night. They consume over100,000 tons of coal yearly, and employ over 1000 men. The appearance of these mills at night, when each tallchimney is surmounted by a crown of

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