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|   Keystones - Ventnor City, NJ
in Signs of History Two keystones from a nearby school that no longer stands in Ventnor City, New Jersey. posted by:  bluesnote location: New Jersey date approved: 3/4/2021 last visited: 3/4/2021 |
 view gallerySW7.4 km | Lucy the Elephant - Margate City, NJ in Signs of History This 65-foot elephant gazing thirstily is a HUGE tourist attraction for Margate City. James V. Lafferty, Jr., was responsible for the designing and building of the wooden mega-pachyderm. The Elephant was constructed in 1881 by a Phila. contractor. posted by:  Math Teacher location: New Jersey date approved: 10/16/2009 last visited: 8/29/2018 |
 view gallery W11.1 km
| Leedsville Schoolhouse - Linwood NJ in Signs of History The Leedsville Schoolhouse, also known as Linwood School #1, was built in 1873. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/17/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryW14.6 km | Transportation - Somers Point, NJ in Signs of History Shore Road, completed in 1731... posted by: ODragon location: New Jersey date approved: 9/14/2009 last visited: 2/27/2019 |
 view galleryW14.6 km | Getting Around Somers Point - Somers Point NJ in Signs of History Due to its location on the water, this area has historically been a transportation hub. In 1717, John Somers, Supervisor of Roads for Cape May County, began work on the Nacote Trail. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryW14.6 km | Somers Mansion - Somers Point NJ in Signs of History Somers Mansion, thought to be the oldest house in Atlantic County, was built in the early 1720’s. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 6/22/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryW26.4 km | Estellville Glass Factory - Estell Manor NJ in Signs of History The quiet woodland scene before you was a very different place 150 years ago. The ruins are the remains of the Estellville Glass Factory, which employed as many as eighty men and boys at its peak of operation. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/7/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
 view galleryW26.4 km | The Melting Furnace - Estell Manor NJ in Signs of History The Melting Furnace-Estellville Glass Factory— Estell Manor Park —
The Melting Furnace was the heart of the glassworks. Here the silica sand, lime, and potash were melted into glass. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/6/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
 view galleryW26.4 km | The Flattening House - Estell Manor NJ in Signs of History The Flattening House-Estellville Glass Factory— Estell Manor Park —
When the split cylinder was moved to the Flattening House, it was placed on a smooth rotating “stone” made of fired clay. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/6/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
 view galleryW26.4 km | The Pot House - Estell Manor NJ in Signs of History The Pot House-Estellville Glass Factory— Estell Manor Park —Pots were the clay crucibles used as containers in the furnace for melting the raw materials to make glass. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/6/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
 view gallery NW26.6 km
| Peace Pilgrim - Egg Harbor City, NJ in Signs of History A local sign of history tells the story about a remarkable lady of peace at a park dedicated to her and her ideals of peace. The sign is in the dirt in front of the metal fence that surrounds the park to the left of the gate. posted by: Math Teacher location: New Jersey date approved: 7/1/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW26.7 km | The Roundhouse Museum - Egg Harbor City, NJ in Signs of History The site is also known as Dr. Smith's Sanitarium Site & more currently, the Round House, home of the Egg Harbor City Historical Society. Across the street, on bridge railing, is a neatly designed interpretive display which explains the whole story. posted by: Math Teacher location: New Jersey date approved: 4/22/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryW29.9 km | Marshallville Historic District - Marshallville, NJ in Signs of History A sign about the historic district. posted by: ODragon location: New Jersey date approved: 9/14/2009 last visited: 9/22/2010 |
 view galleryW33.3 km | The Head of the River Church - Estell Manor NJ in Signs of History Head of the River M.E. Church and Cemetery-Est 1792. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/7/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
 view galleryW33.5 km | The Tie That Binds - Estell Manor, NJ in Signs of History This sign of history is at a corner of a rural intersection, behind a large, black stone representation of the Ten Commandments. The sign is along Cape May Avenue, a small road which intersects two other main arteries. posted by: Math Teacher location: New Jersey date approved: 6/11/2010 last visited: 9/16/2010 |
 view galleryNW37 km | A Pane in the Glass Factory - Batsto, NJ in Signs of History This marker is inside the abandoned and preserved 18th century bog iron and glassmaking Batsto Village. posted by: Metro2 location: New Jersey date approved: 10/11/2010 last visited: 8/30/2010 |
 view gallery N40.7 km
| Manahawkin Railroad Station - Herritage Park - Manahawkin, New Jersey in Signs of History This Eagle Scout project was to install a historic marker about the history of this railroad station building. posted by: gparkes location: New Jersey date approved: 1/30/2011 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW44.1 km | Ronald Reagan Rock - Hammonton, NJ in Signs of History The rock and plaque commemorate President's Reagan's visit to Hammonton, NJ on September 19, 1984. The rock is located at the busy intersection of Central and Bellevue Avenues. posted by: Math Teacher location: New Jersey date approved: 4/20/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW48.3 km | Wiltsey's Sawmill - Hammonton NJ in Signs of History Built by Charles Wiltsey in 1800. Later sold to David Albertso who ran the mill into the 1840's. Located on Great Swamp branch of the Egg Harbor River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 5/17/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryNW49.2 km | The Story Of Atsion - Shamong NJ in Signs of History Atsion’s history begins with iron. In 1765 Charles Read purchased lands at Atsion and established an iron forge. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 6/9/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryNW49.6 km | Atsion Mansion - Shamong NJ in Signs of History The imposing, classically-inspired Atsion mansion was the height of fashion when Samuel Richards built it in 1826. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 6/9/2020 last visited: 9/26/2021 |
 view galleryN49.7 km | Carranza Monument - Tabernacle, NJ in Signs of History The "Lindbergh of Mexico, " Emilio Carranza Rodriguez, will forever be bound to a patch of forest in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. He crashed here in July 12, 1928 and this sign tells of his spirit & heroism as the Mexican father of flight. posted by: Math Teacher location: New Jersey date approved: 7/6/2009 last visited: 4/30/2016 |
 view galleryW52.9 km | The Schooner AJ Meerwald - Bivalve, NJ in Signs of History The Schooner AJ MEERWALD is on the National and New Jersey Registers of Historic Places and is representative of an important vessel type, the “new style” Jersey oyster schooner. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 4/13/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
 view galleryW52.9 km | Delaware Bay and River Port of Call - Bivalve, NJ in Signs of History According to Megan Wren, director of the Bayshore Discovery Center, “Bivalve is a gritty, working waterfront (town) that a casual visitor might call ‘lost in time’. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 4/13/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
 view galleryW52.9 km | Bivalve Oyster Shipping Sheds - Bivalve NJ in Signs of History The Central Railroad of New Jersey built this long complex of 30 sheds in 1904 to process oysters that were harvested from the Delaware Bay. Originally, oysters were shipped in their shells via the railroad. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 4/13/2020 last visited: 9/27/2021 |
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