The  first Bordentown Railroad Days is set to take place on the 180th Anniversary of the first public demonstration runs of the the “John Bull” locomotive which took place in Bordentown New Jersey. It is also the anniversary of the first know train ride by a woman in the United States. This was the start of the first commercially successful railroad in New Jersey and later became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system.
Bordentown Railroad Days is in nine locations on Farnsworth Avenue and Prince Street in historic Bordentown City New …

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November 12 and 13 for BORDENTOWN RAILROAD DAYS FUN AND HISTORY
Only 30 days to go before Bordentown City goes all out to celebrate the 180th Anniversary of the first public demonstration of the “John Bull” locomotive and the start of Steam Railroads in New Jersey and America’s first women train passenger.
For full details, tickets, and schedules see http://www.bordentownrailroaddays.org Read all about it the Register-News at http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/10/13/the_register_news/news/doc4e8b83e645b4e429424133.txt
Buy tickets now for the banquet at Jesters and exclusive morning presentations.
Special thanks to our partners the Camden & Amboy Railroad Historical Group, …

Bordentown Heritage conducted a tour of Bordentown City and Delaware & Raritan Canal footbridge on October 8, 2011 for the NJ Chapter of the American Planners Association. It was an ideal fall day. Planning professionals from throughout New Jersey were guided on a tour of City historic sites, recent projects, and monuments and memorials.
The tour started at the “John Bull” railroad monument on the corner of Farnsworth Avenue and Railroad Avenue. The monument commemorates the Pennsylvania Railroad’s 50th anniversary of the start of New Jersey’s first railroad. This year, we …