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Milk plant next to railroad tracks in Morristown

Milk plant (name unknown) next to the railroad tracks and river. Owned by Nestles prior to WWI; during the war the plant made condensed milk for the war effort. The plant employed 150 people and Ernest Rogers was the superintendent. The plant later sold to the Dairyman’s League (circa 1930), and then sold again in 1937 to the Long Valley Ore Company which began making graphite there in 1942. Circa 1910-1920. Morristown, NY.

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