Mount Holly Rail Trail CITO Cache In Trash Out® Event
Mount Holly Rail Trail CITO
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Sunday, April 26, 2015
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The weekend of 25 - 26 April, 2015 is International / World CITO days.
We will gather at the posted coords on Sunday 4/26/15 between 7:30 am & 8:00 am. Event starts at 8:00 am and ends at 10:00 am.
Coffee, Donuts & Garbage Bags will be provided. Bring your own gloves, grabbers, stick with a nail in it, etc.
Everyone who attends the event and logs it online earns a 2015 CITO souvenir on their geocaching.com profile.
The Mount Holly Rail Trail is a short 1/2 mile gravel trail between Pine St & Madison Ave that used to be part of the Burlington & Mount Holly Branch Railroad.
History
Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company
The Burlington & Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company, was incorporated in 1836. The railroad ran 7.2 track miles from Burlington, New Jersey to Mount Holly Township, New Jersey. July 4, 1863 Burlington & Mount Holly Railroad & The Transportation Company renamed Burlington County Railroad Company. In 1895, the Pennsylvania Railroad used the Burlington & Mount Holly tracks to experiment with 500 volt DC trolley wire; trolley pole electric operation, with two motor passenger cars built by Jackson and Sharp Company at Wilmington, Del. This service was discontinued on October 29, 1901, after the electrical powerhouse in Mount Holly burned. In April 1902, PRR orders demolition of Mount Holly power house and ends experiment of electric trolley operation between Burlington and Mount Holly. This line was the first electrified PRR branch in New Jersey. The Burlington & Mount Holly line was abandoned by the PRR in 1927. County Route 541 in Burlington County is on and or follows the Burlington & Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company's right of way.
***Permission obtained for the cleanup from Robert Maybury, Interim Executive Director of the Mount Holly Municipal Utilities Authority***
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