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Glen Gardner Pony Pratt Truss Bridge

1870 establishments in New JerseyBridges completed in 1870Glen Gardner, New JerseyHistoric American Engineering Record in New JerseyIron bridges in the United States
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Glen Gardner Bridge, Spanning Spruce Run, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ HAER NJ,10 GLGA,1 16 (cropped)
Glen Gardner Bridge, Spanning Spruce Run, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ HAER NJ,10 GLGA,1 16 (cropped)

The Glen Gardner Pony Pratt Truss Bridge is a historic pony Pratt truss bridge on School Street (formerly Mill Street) crossing the Spruce Run in Glen Gardner of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was designed by Francis C. Lowthorp and built in 1870 by William Cowin of Lambertville, New Jersey. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1977 for its significance in engineering, industry and transportation. It is one of the few early examples of iron Pratt truss bridges remaining in the United States. It was later documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1991.

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Glen Gardner Bridge, Spanning Spruce Run, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ HAER NJ,10 GLGA,1 16 (cropped)
Glen Gardner Bridge, Spanning Spruce Run, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ HAER NJ,10 GLGA,1 16 (cropped)
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Hampton School District (New Jersey)

The Hampton School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade from Hampton, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 91 students and 14.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.5:1. In the 2016–17 school year, Hampton was the 15th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 128 students.The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.Starting in the 2018–19 school year, middle school students in grades 6 through 8 are sent to the Lebanon Township Schools on a tuition basis as part of a sending/receiving relationship. As of the 2018–19 school year, Woodglen School had an enrollment of 320 students and 30.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1.Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Voorhees High School, which also serves the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner (the home of the school), High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township. As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 982 students and 83.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also serves students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township at North Hunterdon High School in Clinton Township.