Camden and Amboy Railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Camden_and_Amboy_Railroad
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1871
gptkbp:controlledBy Joint Companies
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:first_locomotive gptkb:John_Bull
gptkbp:founded 1830
gptkbp:gauge standard gauge
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Bordentown,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:historicalSignificance monopoly on rail traffic between New York and Philadelphia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Camden and Amboy Railroad
gptkbp:incorporated February 4, 1830
gptkbp:John_Bull_arrived 1831
gptkbp:John_Bull_first_run 1833
gptkbp:John_Bull_imported_from gptkb:England
gptkbp:joint_operation_with gptkb:Delaware_and_Raritan_Canal_Company
gptkbp:length 61 miles
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:United_New_Jersey_Railroad_and_Canal_Company
1867
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:C&A
gptkbp:notable_for one of the earliest railroads in the United States
first railroad in New Jersey
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Robert_L._Stevens
gptkbp:operates 1832–1869
gptkbp:purpose connect Philadelphia and New York City
gptkbp:Robert_L._Stevens_contribution invented T-rail
gptkbp:Robert_L._Stevens_role gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:routeEnd gptkb:South_Amboy,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:startPoint gptkb:Camden,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:state gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Livingston_Stevens
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6