| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — C.K. Hoffman Veterans Memorial Park |
| |
Honoring all U.S.
Veterans including
those residents of
High Bridge
that served and those
who died for their
country. — Map (db m21805) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — High Bridge |
| | Home of Union Forge, maker of early farm equipment,
cannonballs for Continential Army. Factory, later known as Taylor Wharton ceased operations in 1971. — Map (db m5039) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — High Bridge and the Railroad — The High Bridge Branch of the Central Jersey Railroad of New Jersey — Taylor Steelworkers Historical Greenway |
| | Columbia Trail – A 7-mile Hunterdon County Greenway, from the Borough of High Bridge, north to the Morris County line.
Opened in July of 1876, the High Bridge Branch was a busy railroad owned by the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. It was built to bring iron ore from the mines in Chester, Hacklebarney, Mine Hill, Port Oram (Wharton) and Hibernia to the Taylor Iron Works (later Taylor-Wharton Iron & Steel Company) in High Bridge and to the foundries and steel mills along the . . . — Map (db m36999) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — High Bridge Company 1268 / Civilian Conservation Corps — Voorhees State Park |
| | [Main Marker]:
On October 31, 1933, CCC Company 1268, S.P.-5, arrived at High Bridge, N.J., four years after former Governor Foster M. Voorhees donated his 325 acre farm, known as Hills Acres, to the State of New Jersey to become a park. Called Voorhees State Park, CCC enrollees developed, under the watchful eye of Alan Blackburn (Project Superintendent), and James Ashey (Park Superintendent), two separate parcels of land called Hoppock Grove and Hills Acres, as well as Hacklebarney . . . — Map (db m16930) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Lake Solitude and Taylor Falls — Tayor Steelworkers Historic Greenway — A 7 Mile Greenway Trail Through the Borough of High Bridge Historic Properties |
| | The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Lake Solitude and Taylor Falls
With the depletion of natural resources that provided energy to power the adjacent Iron Works, Lake Solitude was constructed by the Taylor Iron and Steel Company in 1858 to provide hydro-electric power for the works. Lake Solitude is approximately 20 acres in size, and is on the South Branch of the Raritan River. The 500 foot long earthen portion of the dam structure is a gravity dam and had been . . . — Map (db m37041) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Old Iron Mines |
| | In use from
C. 1730 - 1889
Supplied ore for
Solitude (Union) Forge
Ore made into cannonballs
for use of Revolutionary Army
Owned by:
William Allen and Joseph Turner
1742 - 1778
Robert Taylor and Family
1778 - 1863
Thomas Iron Company
1863-1872
Taylor Iron Works
1872-1889 — Map (db m5044) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Railroad Bridge and Arches |
| | Constructed 1859-1865 for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, this 112 foot earthen embankment double arch culvert supports the original bridge from which the Borough of High Bridge is named. — Map (db m5040) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Solitude — Solitude House Museum |
| | Patriots imprisoned loyalist Pennsylvania Governor John Penn and Crown Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Chew here during the Revolutionary War. They named the place “Solitude.” — Map (db m17238) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Solitude House — Taylor Steelworkers Historic Greenway |
| | The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Solitude House
Solitude House started life as a classic Germanic style stone home in 1712 and was part of a 10,000 acre parcel of land that came to be part of the Union Iron Works. The adjacent stone annex structure, slaves' quarters and vegetable cave were all part of the original Solitude structures that remain to this day. The homes earliest existence predates the arrival of the Union Iron Works and the establishment of High . . . — Map (db m37036) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Springside Farm |
| | The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Springside Farm
The 90 acre Springside Farm tract was originally owned and operated by Archibald Taylor, son of Robert Taylor who immigrated from Ireland in the 1750's. Beginning with Robert, the Taylor family came to manage the nearby iron works and live at Solitude House for five generations. It is recorded that Archibald built a home and carriage house on the "Old Road", now known as Nassau Road for his family in 1803. The farmstead . . . — Map (db m37106) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — St. Joseph Parish |
| | St. Joseph Parish was formally established in 1880. Previously, the predominantly Irish immigrant congregation was part of St. Ann Church in Junction (now Hampton) and worshiped in a building on Church Street. St. Joseph Church has occupied this site since 1879. The upper cornerstone marks the 1898 date when the building was rebuilt following a fire that destroyed the original building and many other structures in High Bridge. The lower cornerstone engraved with a Celtic Cross and the legend . . . — Map (db m57162) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — T.I.S.C.O. Complex |
| | Taylor Iron & Steel Company
Was the center of the original 1742 Union Iron Works. Late 1800's push to rename High Bridge to "Tisco" failed. — Map (db m36997) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Taylor Iron and Steel Company |
| | 1742–1971
Taylor Wharton formed 1914.
Site of car wheel foundry
machine shop
pattern shop
Operated 1853–1935
First YMCA - 1914 — Map (db m5043) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Taylor Steelworkers Historic Greenway |
| | Welsome to the Taylor Steelworkers Historic Greenway
Created by the Union Forge Heritage Association in 2010, the Greenway Trail traverses several of the most historically significant properties in the Borough of High Bridge and the State of New Jersey. The trail is dedicated to the memory of the working men and women of the Union Iron Works and thew Taylor Wharton Iron and Steel Company. Founded in 1742, the iron works is the oldest foundry in the history of the United States. This trail . . . — Map (db m37104) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Taylor Wharton Iron and Steel Company |
| | Taylor Wharton Iron and Steel Company 1742-1971
Standing together we have withstood the test of time
Oldest Iron and Steel Company in the United States
First Manganese Steel in the United States
TISCO Shells
Armaments for All Wars
Machinery for Construction of the Panama Canal — Map (db m15015) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — The American Hotel |
| | Founded in the 1740's, this landmark served as the town's inn and public meeting place for over 230 years until razed in 1979. — Map (db m30633) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — The Gorge Bridge Train Wreck — The High Bridge Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey |
| | The most memorable train wreck in the history of the High Bridge Branch occurred on the morning of Saturday, April 18, 1885 when the central and southern spans of the 250' long Gorge Bridge (now called the Ken Lockwood Gorge Bridge) collapsed as a heavily laden iron ore train drawn by a powerful Baldwin 4-6-0 locomotive (#112) named Columbia, just started to cross the southern span of the wooden Howe Truss bridge.
The 46 car train was coming from the iron mines in Chester, Port Oram . . . — Map (db m21806) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — The TISCO Complex — Taylor Steelworkers Historical Greenway — A 7 Mile Greenway Trail Through the Borough of High Bridge Historic Properties |
| | The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to the TISCO Complex
The 28.3 acre TISCO Complex was once part of a 10,000 acre parcel of land owned by wealthy Philadelphia Investors William Allen and Joseph Turner who founded the Union Iron Works here in 1742. The Iron Works produced farm implements, tools and cannon balls for Washington's Army during Colonial times. In the recent past, this property and structures were once part of the Taylor Wharton Iron and Steel Company, which is . . . — Map (db m37048) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Union Forge — Taylor Steelworkers Historical Greenway — A 7 Mile Greenway Trail Through the Borough of High Bridge Historic Properties |
| | The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Union Forge
Union Iron Works was founded by William Allen, a Supreme Court justice in Philadelphia, and Joseph Turner, a sea Captain in 1742, as a business venture. Allen and Turner purchased this Bloomery forge as part of 10,849 acres, as an essential part of Union Iron Works for the manufacture of iron.
In the beginning, Indians regularly raided Union Forge taking supplies for their families. This required the families . . . — Map (db m37043) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Union Furnace |
| | Est. 1742.
Furnace produced iron ore for the Continental Army, cannon balls, farm implements. Forgemaster's house is stucco building on slope. — Map (db m4915) HM |
| New Jersey (Hunterdon County), High Bridge — Welcome to the Twp. of Lebanon |
| | Settled in the 18th Century as an agricultural community. Est. 1731, inc. 1798.
1798 Bicentenial 1998 — Map (db m16928) HM |
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