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by the Pennsyvania Railroad Comapany, was completed in 1891. It is composed of a cube of Baltimore granite, five feet square and seven feet high, supported upon an octagonal foundation composed of the stone blocks upon which the iron rails were originally laid in the tracks of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. Around this cube is a circle composed of two of the original rails with which the road was first laid. These rails are supported by stone blocks according to the original practice, the spikes and joint fixtures also being from the original tracks. This type of rails, which is now known throughout the World as the "American rail", was designed by Robert L. Stevens, in 1831, Sunk in the South side of the granite block is a bronze tablet, which contains a representation ( Carefully drawn to scale ), in relief, of the locomotive "John Bull", with tender improvised from a freight truck with tank consisting of a whiskey hogshead and the two passengers ^[[cars]] that first did service in the State of New Jersey, in 1831.

The tablet contains the following inscription in raised letters:  ([[strikethrough]] see Plate No. [[/strikethrough]])

FIRST MOVEMENT BY STEAM ON A RAILROAD IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY? NOVEMBER 12, 1831, BY THE ORIGINIAL LOCOMOTIVE "JOHN BULL", NOW DEPOSITED IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM AT WASHINGTON. THE FIRST PIECE OF RAILROAD TRACK IN NEW JERSEY WAS LAID BY THE CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD COMPANY BETWEEN THIS POINT AND THE STONE, THIRTY)FIVE HUNDRED FEET EASTWARD, IN 1831.

Upon the East side of the block cut into the granite are the words:
"CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD, 1831,"

and on the West
"ERECTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, 1891."
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# See bibliography in appendix. (Foot note p.2)