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Raritan River Railroad History
Directions: First, click on Internet Explorer. From there type in
Google.com. When on Google, type in: Raritan River Lesson Plans. We
will use the first website that comes up: Raritan River Educational Page.
Click on that website. Or you may use the following Website:
http://192.107.108.56/portfolios/y/yusko_l/RaritanRiver/resource.htm
to help you with this Web Quest. Click on the heading Resources and
scroll down until you see History of the Raritan River and its Tributaries.
Click on Raritan River Railroad History to help you answer the following
questions.
- The Raritan River Railroad (RRRR) began operating in _______________. Its
final size was ____________ miles in __________________.
- The mainline ran from the cities
of____________________________ to _________________________.
- 9000 troops were carried on the RRRR during ______________________________
to munitions plants in the towns of ________________________ and
__________________.
- The total trackage owned and operated by the RRRR was ___________________
miles. It served many industries along the ________________________ River.
- Many artifacts still remain from the RRRR. In South River (Whitehead
Avenue) one can see the RRRR ____________________________________________.
- The East Brunswick Branch of the RRRR (circle one) still exists / does not
exist.