STILL EQUIPPED WITHL the utensils which were in colonial davs, the original fireplace with its bake oven is a fascinating feature of the A.H. Santucel's 275 year old home on Mountain Boulevard in Watchung, Another fireplace that is still intact in the basement and it is believed that it was used asa cooking facility for slaves.
THE GREEN VALLEY flouring mill was built by one of the area's earliest settlers, Captain William Allen in 1823 on the site where Watchung Borough Hall now stands.
The mill was sold to Hippolyte Texier in 1886 and used as a glove manufacturing plant until 1910 when it was taken over by the North Plainfield Improvement Society (Courtesy of the Watchung Chemical Engine Company)
COAL MINING WAS once a profitable enterprise in the Watchung Hills. Several mines were located in Warren and one was located about a quarter-mile from the Watchung traffic circle on Valley Road. Here miners load stone onto wagons manually at a mining site along New Providence Road. (Courtesy Watchung Chemical Engine Company)