Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick Yard

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick Yard

| nrhp_type =

| image = ErieSignalTowerWaldwick.jpg

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| location = Northeast end of Bohnert Place, West side of Railroad Tracks, Waldwick, New Jersey

| coordinates = {{coord|41|0|55|N|74|7|29|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA New Jersey Bergen County#New Jersey#USA

| built = 1886

| architecture = Queen Anne

| added = December 23, 1987

| area = {{convert|0.1|acre}}

| refnum = 87000847{{NRISref|2009a}}

| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP

| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_date = April 16, 1987

| designated_other1_number = 714{{cite web|title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/bergen.pdf |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office |page=19 |date=July 7, 2009 |accessdate=March 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030005640/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/bergen.pdf |archivedate=October 30, 2008 }}

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Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick Yard is located in Waldwick, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The tower was built in 1886 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 23, 1987.{{cite web | last = Springstead | first = Curtis | title = Erie Railroad's Waldwick Tower preserved By the end of the year, this 19th century interlocking tower in northern New Jersey will reopen as a museum | work = Railroad History | publisher = Trains | date = May 22, 2009 | url = http://trn.trains.com/en/Railroad%20Reference/Railroad%20History/2009/05/Erie%20Railroads%20Waldwick%20Tower%20preserved.aspx | accessdate = 2014-01-19}}

Background

File:Old Waldwick, NJ, train station.jpg

Constructed in 1848, the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad through Waldwick created a connection between the Erie Railroad at Suffern, New York to Paterson, where it linked with the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad to the terminal and ferry in Jersey City. A station at Waldwick was established in 1887. The yard around the depot was expanded in 1890.{{cite book |last1=Brunkhorst |first1=Michael |last2=Corbett |first2=Glenn P. |title=Waldwick |date=2003 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-1307-2 |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=se16dgzbgCQC&pg=PA29 |quote=The Paterson and Ramapo Railroad was constructed from Paterson to the outskirts of Suffern, New York in 1848. Combined with the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad (completed a few years earlier), it created a link between the Erie Railroad at Suffern to the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad Ferry in Jersey City. }}

The building was abandoned by NJ Transit in 1986. The Waldwick Historical Society refurbished it during the early 2000s and in 2016 they completed the project.{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1765329546}} |last1=Maag |first1=Christopher |title=HISTORIC TRAIN TOWER RESTORED |newspaper=The Record |date=16 February 2016 |page=L.1 }}

See also

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