In the early decades of the 20th century, more than one million passengers each year rode the two trolley lines that connected Trenton with Princeton. Trolley tracks also extended as far as Pennington and Hopewell.
On Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018 at 3 p.m., Dennis Waters will be at the Hopewell Township Branch of the Mercer County Library to discuss a time when the roads were bad, the automobile was not yet dominant, and for a few cents the trolley was the cheapest, fastest, and generally safest way to get from point A to point B in Mercer County.
Waters, the Lawrence Township Historian, will explain the dynamics of the trolley system in Princeton-Trenton-Lawrence-Hopewell, with particular attention paid to the Hopewell and Pennington lines. He will tell participants where they can discover relics of the trolley lines that still exist in our landscape and how Mercer County residents used to commute by trolley
The program will be presented by the Hopewell Valley Historical Society, Hopewell Museum, and Mercer County Library System at the Hopewell branch, located at 245 Pennington-Titusville Road. This event is free, but seating is limited and registration is required. Reserve space by calling (609) 737-2610 or online at: bit.ly/HVHStrolley.
A trolley at Main and Delaware Streets in Pennington. From the Hopewell Valley Historical Society George H. Frisbie Photographic Collection Collection.,
