Passengers can access the platforms on the embankment from numerous staircases and elevators. Covered walkways directly link the platforms with the parking garages. After only a few years of operation, Penn Central descended into bankruptcy.
Work included the installation of wider and longer high-level platforms capable of accommodating car trains; canopies, windscreens, and climate-controlled waiting rooms on the platforms; lighting and signage; and new staircases. In addition, the station building was enlarged and renovated, and the pedestrian tunnel beneath the tracks was refurbished. During the construction, a series of murals by local artist Mary Angers was preserved.
It encompasses numerous communities, including Woodbridge Proper, Colonia, and Sewaren. Iselin, where the Metropark station is located, was named for Adrian George Iselin, a New York-based investment banker who served as a director of the Sioux City and St. It controlled thousands of acres in the prime coal lands of Indiana County, Penn.
First known as Perrytown, most likely for a tavern keeper named Perry, the settlement was later referred to as Uniontown after a religious group known as the Union Society. Towards the end of the 19th century, the crossroads gained a new identity as Iselin. Why it was named after a man who never lived there remains a bit of a mystery, but possible reasons exist. Iselin was known as a philanthropist, having financed hospitals in Pennsylvania and Catholic churches in New York.
In his namesake New Jersey community, he helped establish a finishing school for young women, and also paid for the construction of the two-story brick PRR station. The Woodbridge charter mandated that the township had to have at least 60 families, and many of the early pioneers were enlisted from Newbury, Massachusetts. Unlike many early American communities, the land was not allotted equally among the Woodbridge settlers; they received deeds ranging from 15 to more than acres a person.
Some historians claim that it was to honor the Rev. John Woodbridge, who had been the religious leader of the Newbury group back in Massachusetts. Others believe that the name was chosen to commemorate the town of Woodbridge in Suffolk County, England, from where many of the early settlers came.
Ties to the larger world were tenuous, and communities such as Woodbridge Proper were largely self-sufficient. Many people were engaged in agricultural activities, but there were carpenters, shoemakers, blacksmiths, and other craftsmen among the earliest settlers. A small meeting house was erected on the Kirk Green in the mids as a place for religious worship and civil administration. Papiack Creek was navigable and docks were constructed to foster trade since roads were often in poor shape, especially during the winter snows and spring rains.
Area waterways were also a source of abundant seafood, and local Perth Amboy oysters remained sought-after well into the late 19th century. Agriculture proved the mainstay of the local economy into the 19th century when the Industrial Revolution brought great change to manufacturing processes. Located on the main overland routes between Philadelphia and New York, two of the largest towns in the English colonies, Woodbridge also boasted taverns and inns to serve weary travelers.
Due to its position along these transportation routes, Woodbridge witnessed the passing of American and British troops during the Revolutionary War. From December to June , Woodbridge Proper was occupied by British forces, and it is believed that they were quartered on the grounds of the present Trinity Episcopal Church on Rahway Avenue.
He was greeted by the governor and groups of military officers and local residents. The building still stands, but has been moved from its original spot and is now a private residence. Just as some of these early projects were completed, railroads made their first appearance in the important corridor between Philadelphia and New York.
Two years later, it completed a line between Jersey City and Newark. By , the railroad passed through Woodbridge Township to reach the north shore of the Raritan River, which was bridged in to allow access to New Brunswick. Working together as the Joint Companies, it was determined that the canal would take a more westerly course than the rail line. By sharing tracks, they cut down the Philadelphia-New York route time to approximately five-and-a-half hours.
Woodbridge Proper gained direct access to the rail network at this time when a branch line was built from Rahway to Perth Amboy; it was later extended south to Long Branch on the Atlantic Coast.
The introduction of the railroad into Woodbridge Township allowed one of its main industries to flourish: brick making. In the early 19th century, extensive beds of clay were discovered, but for the most part the raw material was shipped out. In , William Berry moved to Woodbridge from Maine and began manufacturing bricks for the regional market, including fast growing New York City.
Thirty years later, his factory could annually produce approximately 1 million bricks. One of his business partners was James Valentine, who in joined with his brother to establish a factory for the manufacture of lath fire brick. This specialized product could withstand extremely high temperatures, and as its name indicates, was used in the construction of furnaces, firebacks, and chimney linings.
Local clay was also mined for ceramics, hollow tile, fire proof shingles, pipe components, and terracotta. This last item was extremely popular as a decorative veneer for buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries because it was lightweight, fireproof, and economical.
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