Three Miles to Maplewood: The Rahway Valley Railroad

Important Update: Due to high community interest in this event, our lecturer, Richard King, has generously agreed to offer a second seating. There will now be two lecture times offered: 1 pm and 3 pm. Even if you have tickets, both lectures will be first come, first seated. We expect the 1 pm lecture to fill up quickly so please come on time. If you are unable to be seated at 1 pm, we should be able to seat you at 3 pm. But that seating, again, will be first come, first seated.

Step back in time with historian and author Richard J. King for a fascinating look at the Newark Heights Branch of the Rahway Valley Railroad—a three-mile-long line that once ran from Union to a bustling industrial neighborhood in Maplewood’s Hilton Section.

Built during World War I, with hopes of spurring the growth of businesses, the Newark…