Mary Jo, The "Trenton Makes, the World Takes" bridge is the northernmost of three bridges that are in close proximity of each other. It carries vehicle and foot traffic on Alternate US 1 to Pennsylvania. The middle bridge is the US 1 toll bridge for vehicle traffic and the railroad bridge is the southernmost of the three. Rich Simon At 10:05 AM 11/23/00 +1100, Mary Jo C. Martin wrote: >Dear Joy: > >There is a steel set of letters on the bridge between Trenton and >Pennsylania (similar to the Olympic rings on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in >September). It says: "Trenton Makes, the World Takes." My grandmother >remembers it always being there, so it would have to go back to the 1920s, >when she would have visited Trenton as a young girl. > >The main East Coast Amtrak train goes over that bridge, and Trenton Railway >station was a large transport center many years ago. Combine that with the >Delaware River shipping (cargo ships can go no further north than Trenton), >the southern terminuses of the NJ Turnpike and Garden State Pkwy nearby, the >fact that Rt. 95 from Maine to Florida goes just north of Trenton, and NJ's >nickname as the Garden State, despite being mainly NY and Phila suburbs >these days. You can infer that it used to be a major center for transport >of manufactured goods and garden produce. > >Hope that gives you some ideas. > >Best wishes, >Mary Jo C. Martin >Melbourne, Australia > >-----Original Message----- >From: joy.power@citicorp.com <joy.power@citicorp.com> >To: NJMERCER-L@rootsweb.com <NJMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, 23 November 2000 1:19 >Subject: Unidentified subject! > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to hypothesize why my ancestors, who emigrated from > > England circa 1855, ended up in Trenton. > > > > My guess is that its future looked bright because it was centrally > > located between Philly and NYC (lots of transportation). Plus, it was > > on the Delaware River which feeds to the Atlantic Ocean - people > > probably thought that products/supplies could be easily shipped in and > > out and that the river could be used to power the industries. > > > > Am I on track? What else would have made Trenton their final > > destination? > > > > Thanks for any ideas, > > Joy > >