Ordnance Depot - Oldmans Twp., NJ - American Guide Series on Waymarking.com

South of Oldman's Creek, the DELAWARE ORDNANCE DEPOT of the United States Army (R), a, typical Army reservation in neatness and landscaping, borders US 130 for a mile. Established during the World War, the depot is still used for storing shells of both large and small caliber. One ordnance company numbering about 50 men is stationed here, and there are many civilian employees. -- New Jersey: A Guide to Its Present and Past, 1939.

Today this site sits virtually abandoned.  Two of the buildings are being used as part of what one might consider an "industrial park", and in the rear of the facility, there is still an area being used for military service, as the site remains a training facility. 

Since the time the guide was published, Camp Pedricktown served as the Delaware Ordnance Depot until 1958.  Shortly thereafter, from 1960-1966 it served as and HQ of the 42nd and 43rd Artillery.  In this capacity it controlled all the Nike missile sites in the Philadelphia area.  A history of that time is available here.  During this time portions of the camp and some buildings were loaned to the Salem County Technical School for their use.  The 21st Corps, 79th Army Reserve Command took over the base in the late 1960s, and was replaced in 1974 by the 78th Division of the Army Reserve.  This unit still trains in a portion of the base.

Camp Pedricktown was slated for closure in 1995, only one year after the 348th General Hospital made it home.  Most of the buildings remaining on the site of the base appear as though they were simply locked up in 1995 and left to stand until now.  It's very reminiscent of a scene from the History Channel's "Life After People".  You can see where the plant life has taken over some of the buildings and where weather has also played a role in destroying portions.  I have to assume vandalism is limited as this is still a semi-active base.