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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
Left on this road and visible from the highway is the WALKER-GORDON FARM
(open to public). Operated by the Borden Milk Co., the plant is known for its
Rotolactor, a revolving platform that combines the method of an automobile assembly line with the mechanical features of a carousel, for the purpose of milking
cows efficiently. The cows step on and off the platform and are milked and stripped
in 12 1/2 minutes, within one complete revolution of the wheel. The 1,400 cows are
milked by the Rotolactor in less than 6 hours.
PENN'S NECK, 56.4 miles (100 alt.), is one of the most attractive hamlets on US 1. Here, just beyond the traffic circle, the road underpasses the
Princeton branch of the Pennsylvania R.R. Beyond the cut of the hill are
two Colonial mansions; a nursery rose field (L) provides several acres of
color in season.
The road crosses the abandoned DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL at
Bakers Basin, one of the few places where water still remains. Since the
angle of intersection between highway and canal is 24 degrees, the construction of a drawbridge in 1931 presented an unusual problem in engineering. The fruit of many experimental designs, the bridge was first assembled at the mill and tested there before being put into place. Although
the canal is only 28 feet wide here, the bridge required 110-foot girders,
and its shape is that of an elongated lozenge instead of the usual rectangle.
All of the machinery is R. of the road, and the bridge hinges at the end
toward Trenton. Since the canal has been abandoned for a number of
years, the bridge is no longer operated.
At 64.3 miles is (L) an artificial lake on Shabakunk Creek, a branch of
historic Assunpink Creek. Herons often alight here, close by the highway.
At 64.8 miles, at a traffic circle, is the junction with US 206 (see Tour 6).
Left on US 206 to the center of TRENTON, 2.2 m. (55 alt., 123,356 pop.) (see
TRENTON).
Points of Interest: State Buildings, Library and Museum, Old Barracks, Mahlon
Stacy Park, First Presbyterian Church, Bloomsbury Court, Bow Hill, Lenox Potteries, and others.
Swinging R. from the traffic circle, US 1 runs past rows of typical brick
houses on Princeton Ave., which continues as N. Warren St. and S. Warren St., to Bridge St.; R. on Bridge St. to the Delaware River Bridge.
At 68.1 in., on the Delaware River Bridge (free), US 1 crosses the Pennsylvania Line 0.5 miles east of Morrisville, Pa.
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