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Stewartsville in Franklin Township in Warren County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
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The Concrete Mile Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dorine Ruth Emery, January 14, 2010
1. The Concrete Mile Marker
Inscription. NJ's first concrete highway built in Franklin Township, 1912 with cement manufactured at Thomas A. Edison's Portland Cement Company in New Village.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceRoads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.
 
Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 40° 42.638′ N, 75° 5.987′ W. Marker was in Franklin Township, New Jersey, in Warren County. It was in Stewartsville. It was on New Jersey Route 57 east of Richline Hill Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 2666 NJ-57, Stewartsville NJ 08886, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in New Jersey’s North Jersey. It was also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: The Concrete Mile (here, next to this marker); Morris Canal Bread Lock No 7 West (approx. 0.4 miles away); Edison Portland Cement Company (approx. half a mile away); Honor Roll (approx. 1.3 miles away); Inclined Plane / Morris Canal Inclined Plane No 9 West (approx. 2.4 miles away); Greenwich Township Veterans Monument (approx. 3.3 miles away); Old Greenwich Cemetery (approx. 3.3 miles away); General William Maxwell (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin Township.
 
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Another marker is no longer nearby.
The Concrete Mile (was here, next to this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. This marker has been replaced with the linked marker which had a slightly different inscription.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 20, 2023, by Dorine Ruth Emery of Washington, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 346 times since then and 152 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on January 14, 2010, by Dorine Ruth Emery of Washington, New Jersey. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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