Ramsey Fill is one of the fills (embankments) on the Lackawanna Cut-Off railroad line in northwest New Jersey. Located between miles 60.4 and 60.9 in Frelinghuysen Township, the fill was constructed between 1908 and 1911 by contractor Hyde, McFarlan & Burke. The .53-mile (0.85 km) fill has an average height of 21 feet (6.5 m), and a maximum height of 80 feet (24.6 m). It was created with 805,481 cubic yards (615,834 m3) of fill material obtained by blasting with dynamite or other methods.
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Ramsey Fill is on a tangent (straight) section of track, permitting 80 mph (129 km/h). Johnsonburg Station was located about midway along the fill, just east of Armstrong Cut.[1]
It is named for Stewart W. Ramsey, who owned most of the land acquired to build it.[2]
References
edit- ^ Taber, Thomas Townsend; Taber, Thomas Townsend III (1980). The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century 1, p. 35. Muncy, PA: Privately printed. ISBN 0-9603398-2-5.
- ^ 1906 Survey Map of the Delaware Valley Cut-Off, September 1, 1906.