NEWARK in 1916 map

 

Newark, NJ. 1916 map. One can see the Passaic River winding its way to Newark Bay; the Ironbound stands at the bend of the river; Kearny & Arlington are on the other side of the Passaic River and so is Harrison where the Pennsylvannia Railroad forks to the right and south to Newark. Manhattan's downtown area can be seen further up in the New York Bay. Brooklyn is further west. Richmond is across the NY Bay. 

A 1916 map of Newark looking east. The Ironbound is the darker area just above the center. Branch Brook Park is on the left and Weequahic Park is on the right. West Side Park is between Woodland Cemetery and Fairmount Cemetery with Holy Septulchre Cemetery just below Fairmount Cemetery. There isn't any Garden State Parkway. The Submarine Boat Company is in the upper right quadrant (The majority of builds were ships).

The historic junction of Center Street and River Street in downtown Newark, N.J., sat near Front St. and Mulberry St. alongside the Passaic River corridor. Portions of these historic downtown alignments, including old River and Front streets, were largely subsumed or renamed during the mid-20th-century construction of McCarter Highway (Route 21).

The Aronson Square area: River Street historically intersected near Mulberry and Center streets in a bustling commercial and transit hub close to early industrial waterfront operations.

The Center/Centre Street Bridge: Connected Newark to Harrison across the Passaic River, historically serving the local Pennsylvania Railroad and rapid transit lines before being decommissioned and replaced by downstream infrastructure.

Modern Transit: The general vicinity is served today by the Newark Light Rail at the NJPAC/Centre Street station.

Newark's South St. station.

The South Street Station opened in 1903, with the raising of the tracks above street level and featured a waiting room, restrooms, baggage area, a telegraph office & an newsstand. The station replaced the Chestnut Street Station which utilized the ground level tracks. The station underwent reconstruction in 1935, reopening in 1937.

Virgil Lanni wrote at Facebook: The station building and most of the bricks from the platform have been gone since the 1970s. I used to see the bricks and say, 'Hey I could use some!'. The stairways to the street have been gone for a long time as well.

1927 map showing South Street Station and freight yard (at street level)

Lackawanna Station.

The Erie Railroad merged with the Delaware, Lacawanna & Western Railroad on 17 October 1960 to form the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. On 1st April 1976, the Erie Lacawanna Railroad become part of Conrail.

Rich Mirocco wrote in Facebook: And they used to cancel trains, especially on the weekends and just not run.

Doug Douglass wrote: DL&W = Delay, Linger & Wait.

Erie Lackawanna Station platform access from High Street, Newark, NJ. 

Lucye Millerand wrote in Facebook:  and again,  in the background, the steeple of the Episcopal Church's House of Prayer.

Morris & Essex Railroad Station in 1909.