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F.W. Brune Canal Boat and Railroad and Bridegtender House

Click to view: F. W. Brune Canal Boat pulling out from Kingston, NJ (1901)

A Canal Boat, possibly the F.W. Brune pulling out from Kingston. The village of Kingston is visable in the background. Tewnty-two miles of the Delaware & Raritan Canal run along Franklin’s borders, parrallel to the Raritan and Millstone Rivers.

Click to view: Railroad and Bridgetender’s House, Rocky Hill, NJ (c. 1910)

The Rocky Hill Railroad and Transportation Company was chartered in 1864 and operated as a spur from Kingston to the Terra Cotta Company about 3 miles away. The railroad closed in 1928. The bridge-tenders house at the Rt. 518 Bridge to Rocky Hill is ….

Click to view: Rockingham, Washington’s Headquarters at Rocky Hill, NJ (c. 1975)

‘Rockingham’ (a.k.a The John Berrien House, a.k.a. Washington’s Headquarters), a historic site of national importance in the southern end of Franklin Township was built in the early 1700s. George Washington occupied the house from August 23 to ….

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