Underground Railroad Station         
Another shot of the drill of the IP siding shows a strip mall in Lawnside, NJ in the background. Lawnside, the oldest independent black community, was an important stop in the Underground Railroad and contains the Underground Railroad Museum at the Peter Mott house. Escaping slaves could used trains in the South by crossdressing and having mulattoes pass for white.
Date: 1/12/2011 Location: Barrington, NJ   Map Show Barrington on a rail map Views: 118 Collection Of:   James Morgan
Author:  James Morgan
Underground Railroad Station
Picture Categories: Action This picture is part of album:  Railroad Snow Shots-January 2011
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