United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company information
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United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company
Overview
Locale
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, U.S.
Dates of operation
1872–1976
Predecessor
Camden and Amboy Railroad
Delaware and Raritan Canal Company
New Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company
Successor
Pennsylvania Railroad
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
A map of the United New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Trenton Railroads
The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company (UNJ&CC) was a United States-based railroad company established in 1872. It was formed by the consolidation of three existing companies: the Camden and Amboy Railroad, Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, and New Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company. The Camden and Amboy and New Jersey Rail Road were among the earliest North American[1] railroads. The Pennsylvania Railroad leased the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company in 1872.
The C&A first purchased and operated the John Bull locomotive, the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive in the world today. It was imported from Great Britain in 1831, and its operations also led to the important development of the iron T-rail type rail tracks that became standard around the world. The canal company, first a competitor and then ally of the C&A , built the Delaware and Raritan Canal. The New Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company built the first railway line across the New Jersey Palisades.
^List of Earliest American RR's meant to be permanent: Lieper's, Granite Railroad, Summit Hill & Mauch Chunk, Delaware & Hudson, Mohawk & Hudson RR, Allegheny Portage RR, B&O RR[full citation needed]
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