Maurer is residential neighbourhood and industrial district of
Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Perth Amboy is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 55,436. Perth Amboy has a Hispanic majority population. In the 2010 census, th ...
in
Middlesex County, in the
U.S. state
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of
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
. Its name is derived from the "company town" built there in 1876.
It is north of the
Route 440 approach to the
Outerbridge Crossing
The Outerbridge Crossing, also known as the Outerbridge, is a cantilever bridge that spans the Arthur Kill between Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Staten Island, New York. It carries New York State Route 440 (NY 440) and New Jersey R ...
and south of the
Perth Amboy Refinery, which began in 1920 as the
Barber Asphalt Company. For a time it was known as Barber, a name which has fallen out of use
The eastern area along the waterfront was active during
World War II
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in building and decommissioning ships for the
U.S. Navy
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. One of the primary ship builders during
World War II
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was the New Jersey Shipbuilding Company. The community also housed the
American Smelting and Refining Company.
See also
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Neighborhoods in Perth Amboy, New Jersey Perth Amboy, New Jersey is located at the mouth of the Raritan River and the Arthur Kill at the Raritan Bay, and is part of the region known as the Raritan Bayshore.
Neighborhoods The Waterfront
Perth Amboy features a historic waterfront, which has ...
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Amzi L. Barber
Amzi Lorenzo Barber (June 22, 1843 – April 17, 1909) was a pioneer of the asphalt industry in the United States, and an early participant in the automobile industry as well. He laid many of the roads in Westchester County, New York and was ...
References
Neighborhoods in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Company towns in New Jersey
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