11-08-2013, 10:51 AM
Yeah, Hurricane Sandy did a job on the river in two spots, one of which you can see when driving on 287 north, just before getting to the Main St exit, to the right. Pretty large landslide of the hill into the river, causing a couple homes to be condemned as they may slide down as well. The river also had undercut the shoulder of 287, it was a strange sight to see the guard rails suspended in mid air between supports at either end of the collapse. An even larger slide occured north (west?) on the river which will only be seen by hiking in. If you have walked in that way you would have seen the remnants of the old turntable pit, and the bridge over the river which served the iron mill which made nails around the turn of the century (1900) Nothing left of the mill but some remnants of ovens in the hiiside. Pretty much impossible to tell the Morris canal passed by there. While walking down Main St one day I saw a cool photo in a store of the mills with the armstrong turntable in the foreground and virtually no trees! I had a copy made and it hangs on a wall in my house now.
I'm a little familiar with Dumont, I grew up in Teaneck where one of my favorite things was fourth of July fireworks at Votee park, where the New York Central tracks paased by (on the way to Dumont and beyond) Two things stick in my memory, the sets of Alcos going by with NYC, Pennsylvania and PC units mixed, and the open auto carriers used at the time which were often left sitting on a sidng in Teaneck under Cedar Lane. Kids of course would vandalize the cars.
I'm a little familiar with Dumont, I grew up in Teaneck where one of my favorite things was fourth of July fireworks at Votee park, where the New York Central tracks paased by (on the way to Dumont and beyond) Two things stick in my memory, the sets of Alcos going by with NYC, Pennsylvania and PC units mixed, and the open auto carriers used at the time which were often left sitting on a sidng in Teaneck under Cedar Lane. Kids of course would vandalize the cars.