page_title: Rahway River
hierarchical_section_title: Rahway River
caption_attribution_description: English: Rahway River, Looking northwest at City of Rahway water works, September 22, 2005.
context_page_description: The Rahway River is a river in Essex, Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey in the United States. The Rahway, along with the Elizabeth River, Piles Creek, Passaic River, Morses Creek, the Fresh Kills river mouths at the Arthur Kill.
  Part of the extended area of New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary, draining part of the suburban and urbanized area of New Jersey west of Staten Island, New York, the river is approximately 24 miles long. The upper reaches are lined with several parks while the mouth serves as an industrial access channel on the Chemical Coast.
  The river was once on the lands of the Lenape Native Americans, and tradition states that the name is after Rahwack, a local tribal chief.
  The river is the source of drinking water for the City of Rahway. Each spring, the river is stocked with approximately 6,000 trout.
  The river is also the source of the name for the Rahway Valley Railroad which has a bridge over it on the Springfield/Union border.
context_section_description: The Rahway River is a river in Essex, Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey in the United States. The Rahway, along with the Elizabeth River, Piles Creek, Passaic River, Morses Creek, the Fresh Kills river (in Staten Island)  mouths at the Arthur Kill.
  Part of the extended area of New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary, draining part of the suburban and urbanized area of New Jersey west of Staten Island, New York, the river is approximately 24 miles (39 km) long.  The upper reaches are lined with several parks while the mouth serves as an industrial access channel on the Chemical Coast.
  The river was once on the lands of the Lenape Native Americans, and tradition states that the name is after Rahwack, a local tribal chief.
  The river is the source of drinking water for the City of Rahway.  Each spring, the river is stocked with approximately 6,000 trout.
  The river is also the source of the name for the Rahway Valley Railroad which has a bridge over it on the Springfield/Union border.
caption: Looking northwest at City of Rahway water works, September 22, 2005
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