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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
TRENTON (55 alt., 123,356 pop.), with a rich background as an early
Quaker settlement and as the State capital, is primarily a manufacturing
center. Residents are proud of its history, and there are plaques, monuments, and historic houses throughout the city. Nevertheless, Trenton
chooses to identify itself by a sign almost as wide as Delaware River,
fastened to the steel arches of the main highway bridge: "Trenton Makes -- The World Takes."
The city lies on a low plateau at the head of navigation on Delaware
River. Thanks to the rocky channel and rapids (known from earliest settlement as the Falls) that have made commercial development impractical
along most of the shore, the river front is bordered by the trees and grass
of an extensive park, making a green backyard for the State buildings and
for the western residential section.
Assunpink Creek, site of a Revolutionary battle, bisects the city, closely
paralleled by the depressed main line tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Once this tributary of the Delaware was clear-flowing and tree-lined; it is now hemmed by retaining walls, spanned by many bridges, and burdened
with the refuse of factories.
Trenton's skyline, dominated by the Capitol's golden dome, is marked
by a few tall buildings, numerous church spires and the Battle Monument.
Plane passengers see a slight haze of smoke from factories producing pot-
tery, steel products, and rubber goods; a smudge that contrasts with the
unobstructed greenness of the surrounding countryside of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
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