![Description: "Colored Waiting Room" sign from segregationist era United States.
Medium: Black-and-white en:photograph
Location: Greyhound bus station, Rome GA, United States
Date: September 1943
Author: Esther Bubley
Source: Library of Congress
Provider: "Images of American Political History" at the College of New Jersey [1]
License: Public domain
Misc: Borders cropped with GIMP
.إشارة إلى "غرفة الانتظار للملونين (السود)"، جورجيا، 1943](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/south-river-us-404465--743860/0-1943_Colored_Waiting_Room_Sign.jpg?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
![10 year old Jimmie. Been shucking 3 years. 6 pots a day, and a 11 year old boy who shucks 7 pots. Also several members of an interesting family named Sherrica. Seven of them are in this factory. The father, mother, four girls shuck and pack. Older brother steams. 10 year old boy goes to school. Been in the oyster business 5 years. Father worked for 25 years in the Pennsylvania Coal Mine, and the oldest brother there[?] They said they liked the oysters business better because the family makes more. Varn & Platt Canning Co. Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.](https://prod-images.planyourroadtrips.com/img/city-images/south-river-us-404465--743860/1-10_year_old_Jimmie._Been_shucking_3_years._6_pots_a_day__and_a_11_year_old_boy_who_shucks_7_pots.jpg?w=1080&q=80&f=webp)
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Six Flags Great Adventure
New Jersey's premier amusement park with world-class coasters and an adjoining safari experience.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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South River
New Jersey, United States · North America
About South River
South River sits on the route: 5 minutes from Old Bridge, 35km from Six Flags Great Adventure.
South River is in New Jersey, United States, with about 16,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Old Bridge, about 4 km away.
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Within an hour or so of South River: Six Flags Great Adventure (35 km), Statue of Liberty (40 km), One World Trade Center (43 km), 9/11 Memorial & Museum (43 km).
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South River is in New Jersey, United States, about 4 km from Old Bridge.
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- Population
- 16,399
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- New Jersey
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 40.4465, -74.3860
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Worth the detour from South River
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Statue of Liberty
Colossal neoclassical sculpture gifted by France in 1886, standing as a universal symbol of freedom and democracy.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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One World Trade Center
Tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at 541 metres, rising from the site of the original World Trade Center.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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9/11 Memorial & Museum
Tribute at the World Trade Center site featuring twin reflecting pools set in the footprints of the original towers.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Brooklyn Bridge
Landmark 1883 hybrid cable-stayed suspension bridge connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn over the East River.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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Katz's Delicatessen
Lower East Side deli open since 1888, hand-carving some 15,000 pounds of pastrami a week under fluorescent light and salami-strung ceilings. You take a paper ticket at the door and guard it.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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Moto Coffee Machine
A New York motorcycle-themed specialty coffee spot where two-wheeled culture meets the city's cafe scene.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Empire State Building
Legendary 102-storey Art Deco skyscraper that defined the New York City skyline when completed in 1931.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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