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,
Union City, New Jersey a 41.0% turnout. Union City is one of the five cities in North Hudson served by North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue which was created in 1999; the city is served along with Guttenberg, North Bergen, Weehawken and West New York. Union City's Chief of Police is Richard Molinari, a Union City resident who replaced former Chief Brian Barrett. Bergenline Avenue and the marginal highway of New Jersey Route 495 are major public transportation corridors. Union City is from New York City via the Lincoln Tunnel, its main approach road, Route 495 bisecting it. Within a mile to the west