History of New Jersey of canals were built, the first of which is called the Morris Canal and ran from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, on the Delaware River to Jersey City, New Jersey, on the Hudson River. The Delaware and Raritan canal ran from New Brunswick, New Jersey, on the Raritan River, to Bordentown, New Jersey, on the Delaware River. Locomotion was also improved; Hoboken-born inventor John Stevens built a 10-ton locomotive and his son Robert L. Stevens started constructing iron railroads. By 1833, The Camden & Amboy Railroad had been completed, allowing a 7-hour passage between Philadelphia and New York City. Through the 1800s,
West New York, New Jersey Bus Station, the Newport Centre and other local destinations. The county's most frequent route for dollar buses, jitneys operate along Bergenline Avenue as frequently as one bus every minute. The closest airport in New Jersey with scheduled passenger service is Newark Liberty International Airport, located away in Newark / Elizabeth. New York City's LaGuardia Airport is away in Flushing, Queens via the Lincoln Tunnel. West New York is located within the New York media market, with most of its daily papers available for sale or delivery. "The Jersey Journal" is a local daily paper based in Jersey City. Local weeklies