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Customers of the Rahway Valley Railroad Kenilworth

The original "Big Four," American Circular Loom Company, New Orange Decorative Leather Company, Ricca Manufacturing Company, and the Charles E. Wright Company. Collection of Raymond Scheurer.     Name of Company Nature of Business Time Period Freight Siding Notes Adams Laundry Co. Machinery c. 1929 Allied Steel Products Corp. Steel Products c. 1960's American Can Co. Ammunition 1914 - 1919 Yes  N. 8th Street Rahway River Branch Earlier Straight-Philment Lamp Co. Later American Chemical. American Chemical Manufacturing Corp. c. 1922 Yes  N. 8th Street Rahway River Branch Later American Laundry American Circular Loom Co. Electric interior conduits, enameled and galvanized pipe c. 1900 - 1913 Yes S. 31st Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. American Laundry Machinery Company, Inc. Laundry machinery c. 1923 - 1944 Yes N. 8th Street Rahway River Branch American Veneer Co. Wooden veneers 1902-1913 Yes Market Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Earlier Ricca Mfg. Co. Avis Machinery Co., Inc. Washers and dryers c. 1970's Yes 131 S. 31st Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Barton Coal Co. Retail coal c. 1944 a.k.a. Warren Coal Co. Charles E. Wright Manufacturing Co. Machinery, bandsaws c. 1900 - 1919 Yes Boulevard & Market Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. a.k.a. Wright Machine Co. Christie Enterprises, Inc. Plastics c. 1992 Yes Market Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Last Rahway Valley customer Columbia Leather & Coating Co., Inc. c. 1970's Market Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Detinning Corp.   c. 1919 Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Eastern Tanning Co. Tannery c. 1906 Rahway River Branch France, Campbell, & Darling, Inc. Rosin, gum opal 1940 - 1970's Yes N. Michigan Ave. Rahway Valley Railroad Co.  Gering Products Co., Inc. Plastics c. 1950's Yes N. 8th Street Rahway River Branch Also known as Gering Plastics, later purchased by Monsanto Corp. Giesler Products Corp. Pipe & Valves c. 1960's Halladay Coal Co. Retail coal c. 1929 Rahway River Branch International Wine, Inc. Wine c. 1960's Yes Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. Steel c. 1970's Yes Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Kaufherr Leather Goods Manufacturing Co. Alligator hide tanning c. 1901 Yes N. 8th Street Rahway River Branch Shared a building with Palmer Leather Kendall Refining Co. Lubricating oil c. 1929 Kenilworth Button Manufacturing Co. Buttons c. 1944 Yes Market Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Later the location of Columbia Leather Kenilworth Coal Co. Retail coal c. 1929 Lock Joint Pipe Co. Concrete pipe c. 1923 Yes Fairfield Ave. Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Monarch Roofing Co. Roofing felt c. 1903 Yes Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Monsanto Corp. Plastics Until 1990 Yes N. 8th Street Rahway River Branch Purchased Gering Products, became Gering Plastics Division of Monsanto Corporation National Tool & Manufacturing Co. Tools Yes 100 N. 12th Street Rahway River Branch New Orange Decorative Leather Co. Chairbacks 1898-1906 Yes Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Owens Ford Glass Co. Glass c. 1923 S. 31st Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Palmer Leather Co. Tannery 1899-1904 Yes N. 8th Street Rahway River Branch Later Straight-Philament Lamp Co. Papyrus Artificial Paper Manufacturing Co. Paper c. 1919 Yes Market Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Protexol Corp. Wood preservatives c. 1919 Market Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Raines Lumber Co. Retail lumber c. 1929 Reduction and Refining Co.   c. 1923 Market Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Ricca Manufacturing Co. Musical instruments, bandsaws 1898 - 1905 Yes Market Street Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Later the site of American Veneer Roofing Sales Co. Roofing Materials c. 1960's R. M. Rothfuss Retail coal c. 1944 Yes Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Schering Corporation Pharmaceuticals c. 1960's Yes Galloping Hill Road Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Acquired White Labs in 1957 R. J. Sheriden Steel pipe, etc. c. 1944 Straight-Philament Lamp Co. c.1915 - 1920 Rahway River Branch Volco Brass & Copper Co. Brass & copper wire c. 1944 Yes Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Westfield Sheet Metal Works, Inc. Steel c. 1970's Rahway River Branch White Laboratories Pharmaceuticals c. 1950's Yes Galloping Hill Road Rahway Valley Railroad Co. Acquired by Schering Corporation in 1957 Notes: RVRR - located along the Rahway Valley Railroad Co. (Mainline), RRB - located along the Rahway River Branch (Can Branch, Monsanto Branch)

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