Jabex - Hockhockson Farm

Colts Neck, NJ

Jabez: Folded March 15, 2005. Raced as “Fancy Pants Don (USA)”. Sex: Dark Bay Gelding. Sire: “Private Interview (USA)”. Dam: “Fancy Dancer Jane (USA)”.

Hockhockson Farm, owned by the same family for 200 years, is one of Colts Neck’s most historic homes. On 45 acres, it includes a pond, barns and lush farmland. The current residence has been on the same foundation since its construction circa 1790. President Dwight D. Eisenhower started his own ranch with stock from Hockhockson Farm.

Hockhockson Farm

Colts Neck, NJ

Hockhockson Farm, owned by the same family for 200 years, is one of Colts Neck’s most historic homes. On 45 acres, it includes a pond, barns and lush farmland. The current residence has been on the same foundation since its construction circa 1790. President Dwight D. Eisenhower started his own ranch with stock from Hockhockson Farm.

Double Trouble Village State Park

Pinewald Keswick Road

Lacey Township, NJ 08731

~ Inspired by Carolyn @ __crs

Located on the eastern edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Double Trouble Village provides a window into Pine Barrens industry with a complete company town, a sawmill, and a cranberry sorting and packinghouse. Its natural resources are characterized by thousands of acres of undisturbed woodlands and the pristine waters of Cedar Creek. This area has served as a focal point of human activity since the time of the native Lenape people. Today it preserves some of the early industries that have shaped the landscape of the Pine Barrens while preserving its unique natural beauty.

History: The Double Trouble Historic District occupies over 200 acres and includes the village and surrounding bogs. The natural environment of cedar forest and rapidly flowing stream provided both raw materials and waterpower for an extensive lumber industry from the 1700s to the 1900s. As timber was cut, the cleared swampland created bog habitat ideal for growing cranberries. Cranberry culture began at Double Trouble Village in the 1860s. By the 20th century, the Double Trouble Company was one of the largest cranberry operations in the state. Cranberry cultivation continues today in several bogs maintained by leaseholders.

Double Trouble Village was typical of company towns built in the Pine Barrens. These isolated communities were entirely self-sufficient and totally dependent on the success of the particular industry. The restored sawmill and cranberry sorting and packinghouse contain nearly intact operational equipment. Those two buildings were the focus of life and work in the village, which also includes a late 19th century one room schoolhouse, general store, bunk house, cook house, shower house, maintenance shop, pickers’ cottages and the foreman’s house. The sawmill and packinghouse are open during guided village tours, while the remaining buildings have been adaptively reused or are not restored and are closed.

The village was purchase by the State of New Jersey in 1964 to protect the Cedar Creek Watershed. The Double Trouble Historic District was placed on the State Register of Historic Places in 1977 and on the National Register in 1978.

For more info: www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/double.html#bogs

Adams Street Beach

Long Branch, New Jersey 07740

Abandoned Lighthouse

Conover Beacon

Middletown, NJ

The Conover Beacon is a lighthouse in Leonardo section of Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey that functioned as the front light of the now-discontinued Chapel Hill Range.

The current tower, which resembles a submarine periscope, replaced the hexagonal wooden tower in 1941. Before being relocated to Leonardo, the metal tower served as the front light of the Waackaack (way-cake) Range. The tower’s former location was just over four miles west along the shore at Point Comfort in Keansburg, where it was also known as the Point Comfort or Bayside Beacon.

‘55 Dodge Coronet Suburban Wagon

The 1955 Dodge lineup, consisting of the entry-level Coronet, Royal, and ornate Custom Royal, was a major departure for the company. Driven almost out of business in 1953 and 1954, the Chrysler Corporation was revived with a $250 million loan from Prudential and new models designed by the legendary Virgil Exner. The Dodge lineup was positioned as the mainstream line in Chrysler's hierarchy, between Plymouth and DeSoto.

The Coronet (and Suburban station wagon) was the base model. This was the only line to feature the 230 in³ (3.8 L) Getaway I6 as well as the 270 in³ (4.4 L) Red Ram V8. Coronets were available in all body styles except the convertible. Sedans feature "Coronet" badges on the fenders, while the station wagons are called "Suburban". Although the hardtop coupe was officially named "Lancer", it wore only "Coronet" badges. Turn signals were standard on the Royal and Custom Royal models but optional on the base Coronet. ~ Wikipedia®

Battery Kingman â Gun Emplacement No. 2

Battery Kingman (1921-1946) - Battery Kingman was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 12 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Hancock, New Jersey. The battery was named after BG Dan C. Kingman, Chief of Army Engineers, who died in November 1916. Battery construction started in March 1917, was completed on 2 Apr 1921 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 2 Apr 1921 at a cost of $ 297,933.04. Deactivated in 1946.

World War I

Part of the Harbor Defense of Southern New York.

Originally built as a World War I concrete coastal gun battery with two 12" M1895MI guns mounted on M1917 carriages. This was a single story battery with the guns located on open concrete gun pads on the same level as the common magazine and support structure between them. The common magazine and support structure was an earth covered reinforced concrete building that contained shell rooms, powder rooms, a power plant, plotting rooms and personnel facilities. Shells were moved from the magazine to the gun-loading platform by shot carts. No shell or powder hoists were provided or needed.

The two guns were mounted on circular concrete pads with sunken gun pits. The guns and gun crews were completely in the open with no protection from incoming fire or from aircraft. The M1917 carriage and the sunken gun pit allowed a gun elevation of 35 degrees, giving the gun a range of over 16 miles. This battery and sister battery, Battery Mills, were located on the bay side of Sandy Hook at Horseshoe Cove and covered 360 degrees.

World War II

In 1942-43 the gun emplacements were casemated and connected to the original magazine structure by concrete corridors. The casemates and magazine complex were covered with sand and soil. The casemate construction and the upgraded magazine project was completed in 1943 at a cost of $ 623,818.80.

Current Status

Part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, Fort Hancock Unit. No period guns or mounts in place. Public access to the casemates but not to the interior on the magazine complex.

Greystone Lunatic Asylum

One of the more infamous asylums in New Jersey lore is Greystone Psychiatric Park, located in Morris Plains. First conceived in1871 and known as The New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum at Morristown, the institution first opened its doors (to a mere 292 patients) on August 17, 1876.

In its day, Greystone was a landmark in progressivism. Designed by Thomas Kirkbride, the hospital advocated uncrowded conditions, fresh air, and the notion that mental patients were curable people.

One of the more famous aspects of Greystone is its notorious network of underground tunnels and rails. This system led to Greystone being built on one huge foundation --it was actually the largest continuous foundation in the United States until the Pentagon was constructed. Being that the hospital sits on over 670 acres of land, this rail system served to unite the entire complex as one contained unit.

Over time, the humane reputation of Greystone was tarnished, as overcrowding became the norm (the hospital, which was originally meant to house hundreds, once contained 7,674 patients in1953). Overcrowding was a problem almost immediately in the hospital’s history. In 1881 the attic was converted into patient living space, and in 1887, the hospital’s exercise rooms were converted into more dormitories.

One of the hospitals more famous patients was folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie, who spend a stint at Greystone from 1956 to 1961. Woody was suffering from Huntington’s disease, a hereditary, degenerative nervous disorder, which would eventual, prove terminal. During his stay there, Woody referred to Greystone as “Gravestone.” This sardonically humorous nickname might prove more prophetic than Woody ever could have imagined, as Greystone might well be the last monument to a dying breed of New Jersey’s gargantuan mental institutions.

Source: www.weirdnj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=vie...

Published on WeirdNJ.com: flickr.com/photos/lipsss/2858090027

Battery Kingman â Gun Emplacement No. 2

Battery Kingman (1921-1946) - Battery Kingman was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 12 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Hancock, New Jersey. The battery was named after BG Dan C. Kingman, Chief of Army Engineers, who died in November 1916. Battery construction started in March 1917, was completed on 2 Apr 1921 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 2 Apr 1921 at a cost of $ 297,933.04. Deactivated in 1946.

World War I

Part of the Harbor Defense of Southern New York.

Originally built as a World War I concrete coastal gun battery with two 12" M1895MI guns mounted on M1917 carriages. This was a single story battery with the guns located on open concrete gun pads on the same level as the common magazine and support structure between them. The common magazine and support structure was an earth covered reinforced concrete building that contained shell rooms, powder rooms, a power plant, plotting rooms and personnel facilities. Shells were moved from the magazine to the gun-loading platform by shot carts. No shell or powder hoists were provided or needed.

The two guns were mounted on circular concrete pads with sunken gun pits. The guns and gun crews were completely in the open with no protection from incoming fire or from aircraft. The M1917 carriage and the sunken gun pit allowed a gun elevation of 35 degrees, giving the gun a range of over 16 miles. This battery and sister battery, Battery Mills, were located on the bay side of Sandy Hook at Horseshoe Cove and covered 360 degrees.

World War II

In 1942-43 the gun emplacements were casemated and connected to the original magazine structure by concrete corridors. The casemates and magazine complex were covered with sand and soil. The casemate construction and the upgraded magazine project was completed in 1943 at a cost of $ 623,818.80.

Current Status

Part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, Fort Hancock Unit. No period guns or mounts in place. Public access to the casemates but not to the interior on the magazine complex.

Camp Evans

Wall Township, NJ

Camp Evans is a former military base associated with Fort Monmouth, in the U.S. State of New Jersey. It is located in Wall Township, although it is often said to be located in Belmar (its postal zip code is Belmar's, although it lies outside the borough). The property overlooks the Shark River.

Camp Evans is named after Lt. Col. Paul Wesley Evans of the Signal Corps, who worked in the development of wireless transmission at the Belmar Station in the early 20th century. After World War I, Evans was reassigned to the Panama Canal Zone as the presiding Signal Officer.

The original buildings were built by the American Marconi Company under a contract to the J.G. White Engineering Corp. between 1912 and 1914 as part of Guglielmo Marconi's "Wireless Girdle" around the Earth. It was then known as the Belmar Station.

The Belmar Station served as Marconi's receiving station, "Duplexed" with his New Brunswick high power transmitting station. An operator in Wall keyed the New Brunswick transmitter, 32 miles to the northwest, through a landline connection. Edwin Armstrong and David Sarnoff tested and perfected the regenerative circuit at the Wall site, on the night of January 31/February 1, 1914.

Abandoned Moon Motel

4650 U.S. Highway 9

Howell, New Jersey 07731

Opened in 1966 at the height of the space race.

From âHowell Patch â March 9, 2013â

No Injuries Reported From Moon Motel Fire

Cigarette believed responsible

The Moon Motel on Route 9 is now closed after a fire early Saturday morning that forced all residents to be moved to another location.

Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd said the fire was reported at 4:42 Saturday morning and the building was evacuated as soon as crews arrived on the scene.

Dodd said the fire is believed to have centered around the room of 41-year-old Erik Kelly, who she said had been living at the hotel for "several months." Kelly told responding officers he had been smoking a cigarette when he took his child to the bathroom. When they came back he said the bed was on fire before the flames spread to the ceiling area.

The fire, Dodd said, caused "significant damage" to the motel. Following an investigation the Howell Fire Bureau ruled the cause of the fire was accidental. They also determined that many of the smoke detectors in the motel had been disabled.

Several groups responded to the fire including the Southard, Adelphia, Freewood Acres and Ramtown Fire Departments. Fire fighting units also responded from Jackson. The Howell and Ramtown First Aid Squads also responded to the scene along with the Howell Fire Bureau and a building inspector with the Howell Township Building Department.

Fort Hancock - Sandy Hook

Middletown Township, New Jersey

Sandy Hook is a barrier spit, approximately 6 miles in length and varying between 0.1 to 1 miles wide in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic Ocean coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. The barrier spit encloses the southern entrance of Lower New York Bay south of New York City. The Dutch called the area "Sant Hoek", with the English "Hook" deriving from the Dutch "Hoek" (corner, angle), meaning "spit of land".

Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook, located in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor and played a role in the history of New Jersey. Between 1874 and 1919, Fort Hancock was operated in conjunction with the Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.

In 1893, Fort Hancock installed Battery Potter, the nation's first disappearing gun battery. It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, preventing the entrance of German submarines into the harbor. In the late 1950s Project Nike antiaircraft missiles were based there. Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974.

The fort and its small museum are managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, and is part of National Parks of New York Harbor unit of the National Park System.

Cranberry Bogs at Whitesbog Village

~ Inspired by Carolyn @ __crs

Whitesbog Village is an early 20th century company town and agricultural community. In the early 1900’s, Whitesbog was the largest cranberry farm in New Jersey. Its founder, Joseph J. White, was a nationally recognized leader in the cranberry industry. In 1916, Elizabeth C. White collaborated with Dr. Frederick A. Coville of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and successfully developed the first cultivated blueberry here at Whitesbog.

The story of Whitesbog begins with the former Hanover Iron Furnace (now Fort Dix). The production of iron was a dynamic and important industry in the Pines, but ultimately the most destructive. The process of dredging the land and diverting water had a devastating effect on the land. Ironically, it was the physical conditions produced by the iron industry that set the stage for cranberry cultivation. The American cranberry grows naturally and extensively in swampy areas of the North American temperate zone. The cranberry thrived in the disturbed strip-mined conditions in the Pinelands. Realizing the potential market for this crop, an enterprising James A. Fenwick purchased a 490-acre tract, which included the site of the former canal and canal pond that fed Hanover Furnace during its operation.

Fenwick proceeded to cultivate the land for cranberries. By the 1860s, Fenwick’s efforts proved to be successful and the cranberry boom began. Land that was thought to be worthless was suddenly found capable of producing 30 to 60 barrels of cranberries worth about $10 each in American markets and $20 in Europe.

Fenwick’s son-in-law, Joseph J. White, was himself an up and coming cranberry farmer. In the winter of 1869-1870, J.J. White, together with his wife Mary, produced a booklet entitled “Cranberry Culture” which quickly became a classic agricultural guide. After James Fenwick’s death in 1882 Joseph White assumed the management of the cranberry operation and called it Whitesbog. He was assisted by his eldest daughter, Elizabeth Coleman White, who began her career there in 1893.

For more info: www.whitesbog.org

‘55 Dodge Coronet Suburban Wagon

The 1955 Dodge lineup, consisting of the entry-level Coronet, Royal, and ornate Custom Royal, was a major departure for the company. Driven almost out of business in 1953 and 1954, the Chrysler Corporation was revived with a $250 million loan from Prudential and new models designed by the legendary Virgil Exner. The Dodge lineup was positioned as the mainstream line in Chrysler's hierarchy, between Plymouth and DeSoto.

The Coronet (and Suburban station wagon) was the base model. This was the only line to feature the 230 in³ (3.8 L) Getaway I6 as well as the 270 in³ (4.4 L) Red Ram V8. Coronets were available in all body styles except the convertible. Sedans feature "Coronet" badges on the fenders, while the station wagons are called "Suburban". Although the hardtop coupe was officially named "Lancer", it wore only "Coronet" badges. Turn signals were standard on the Royal and Custom Royal models but optional on the base Coronet. ~ Wikipedia®

Abandoned Moon Motel

4650 U.S. Highway 9

Howell, New Jersey 07731

Opened in 1966 at the height of the space race.

From “Howell Patch – March 9, 2013”

No Injuries Reported From Moon Motel Fire

Cigarette believed responsible

The Moon Motel on Route 9 is now closed after a fire early Saturday morning that forced all residents to be moved to another location.

Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd said the fire was reported at 4:42 Saturday morning and the building was evacuated as soon as crews arrived on the scene.

Dodd said the fire is believed to have centered around the room of 41-year-old Erik Kelly, who she said had been living at the hotel for "several months." Kelly told responding officers he had been smoking a cigarette when he took his child to the bathroom. When they came back he said the bed was on fire before the flames spread to the ceiling area.

The fire, Dodd said, caused "significant damage" to the motel. Following an investigation the Howell Fire Bureau ruled the cause of the fire was accidental. They also determined that many of the smoke detectors in the motel had been disabled.

Several groups responded to the fire including the Southard, Adelphia, Freewood Acres and Ramtown Fire Departments. Fire fighting units also responded from Jackson. The Howell and Ramtown First Aid Squads also responded to the scene along with the Howell Fire Bureau and a building inspector with the Howell Township Building Department.

Battery Kingman â Gun Emplacement No. 2

Battery Kingman (1921-1946) - Battery Kingman was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 12 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Hancock, New Jersey. The battery was named after BG Dan C. Kingman, Chief of Army Engineers, who died in November 1916. Battery construction started in March 1917, was completed on 2 Apr 1921 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 2 Apr 1921 at a cost of $ 297,933.04. Deactivated in 1946.

World War I

Part of the Harbor Defense of Southern New York.

Originally built as a World War I concrete coastal gun battery with two 12" M1895MI guns mounted on M1917 carriages. This was a single story battery with the guns located on open concrete gun pads on the same level as the common magazine and support structure between them. The common magazine and support structure was an earth covered reinforced concrete building that contained shell rooms, powder rooms, a power plant, plotting rooms and personnel facilities. Shells were moved from the magazine to the gun-loading platform by shot carts. No shell or powder hoists were provided or needed.

The two guns were mounted on circular concrete pads with sunken gun pits. The guns and gun crews were completely in the open with no protection from incoming fire or from aircraft. The M1917 carriage and the sunken gun pit allowed a gun elevation of 35 degrees, giving the gun a range of over 16 miles. This battery and sister battery, Battery Mills, were located on the bay side of Sandy Hook at Horseshoe Cove and covered 360 degrees.

World War II

In 1942-43 the gun emplacements were casemated and connected to the original magazine structure by concrete corridors. The casemates and magazine complex were covered with sand and soil. The casemate construction and the upgraded magazine project was completed in 1943 at a cost of $ 623,818.80.

Current Status

Part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, Fort Hancock Unit. No period guns or mounts in place. Public access to the casemates but not to the interior on the magazine complex.

Battery Kingman â Common Magazine

Battery Kingman (1921-1946) - Battery Kingman was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 12 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Hancock, New Jersey. The battery was named after BG Dan C. Kingman, Chief of Army Engineers, who died in November 1916. Battery construction started in March 1917, was completed on 2 Apr 1921 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 2 Apr 1921 at a cost of $ 297,933.04. Deactivated in 1946.

World War I

Part of the Harbor Defense of Southern New York.

Originally built as a World War I concrete coastal gun battery with two 12" M1895MI guns mounted on M1917 carriages. This was a single story battery with the guns located on open concrete gun pads on the same level as the common magazine and support structure between them. The common magazine and support structure was an earth covered reinforced concrete building that contained shell rooms, powder rooms, a power plant, plotting rooms and personnel facilities. Shells were moved from the magazine to the gun-loading platform by shot carts. No shell or powder hoists were provided or needed.

The two guns were mounted on circular concrete pads with sunken gun pits. The guns and gun crews were completely in the open with no protection from incoming fire or from aircraft. The M1917 carriage and the sunken gun pit allowed a gun elevation of 35 degrees, giving the gun a range of over 16 miles. This battery and sister battery, Battery Mills, were located on the bay side of Sandy Hook at Horseshoe Cove and covered 360 degrees.

World War II

In 1942-43 the gun emplacements were casemated and connected to the original magazine structure by concrete corridors. The casemates and magazine complex were covered with sand and soil. The casemate construction and the upgraded magazine project was completed in 1943 at a cost of $ 623,818.80.

Current Status

Part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, Fort Hancock Unit. No period guns or mounts in place. Public access to the casemates but not to the interior on the magazine complex.

Fort Hancock - Sandy Hook

Middletown Township, New Jersey

Sandy Hook is a barrier spit, approximately 6 miles in length and varying between 0.1 to 1 miles wide in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic Ocean coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. The barrier spit encloses the southern entrance of Lower New York Bay south of New York City. The Dutch called the area "Sant Hoek", with the English "Hook" deriving from the Dutch "Hoek" (corner, angle), meaning "spit of land".

Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook, located in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor and played a role in the history of New Jersey. Between 1874 and 1919, Fort Hancock was operated in conjunction with the Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.

In 1893, Fort Hancock installed Battery Potter, the nation's first disappearing gun battery. It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, preventing the entrance of German submarines into the harbor. In the late 1950s Project Nike antiaircraft missiles were based there. Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974.

The fort and its small museum are managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, and is part of National Parks of New York Harbor unit of the National Park System.

Cluster of Abandonment - Site Three

a·ban·don·ment

noun

the action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned.

"she had a feeling of utter abandonment and loneliness"

Abandoned Military Pier and Munitions Store Ruins on Sandy Hook’s Horseshow Cove.

Sandy Hook is a barrier spit in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The barrier spit, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) in length and varying from 0.1 to 1.0 mile (0.16 to 1.61 km) wide, is located at the north end of the Jersey Shore. It encloses the southern entrance of Lower New York Bay south of New York City, protecting it from the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The Dutch called the area "Sant Hoek", with the English "Hook" deriving from the Dutch "Hoek" (corner, angle), meaning "spit of land". Most of Sandy Hook is currently owned and managed by the National Park Service as the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area.

Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook, located in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor and played a role in the history of New Jersey. Between 1874 and 1919, Fort Hancock was operated in conjunction with the Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.

In 1893, Fort Hancock installed Battery Potter, the nation's first disappearing gun battery. It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, preventing the entrance of German submarines into the harbor. In the late 1950s Project Nike antiaircraft missiles were based there. Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974.

The fort and its small museum are managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, and is part of National Parks of New York Harbor unit of the National Park System.

Double Trouble Village State Park

Pinewald Keswick Road

Lacey Township, NJ 08731

~ Inspired by Carolyn @ __crs

Located on the eastern edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Double Trouble Village provides a window into Pine Barrens industry with a complete company town, a sawmill, and a cranberry sorting and packinghouse. Its natural resources are characterized by thousands of acres of undisturbed woodlands and the pristine waters of Cedar Creek. This area has served as a focal point of human activity since the time of the native Lenape people. Today it preserves some of the early industries that have shaped the landscape of the Pine Barrens while preserving its unique natural beauty.

History: The Double Trouble Historic District occupies over 200 acres and includes the village and surrounding bogs. The natural environment of cedar forest and rapidly flowing stream provided both raw materials and waterpower for an extensive lumber industry from the 1700s to the 1900s. As timber was cut, the cleared swampland created bog habitat ideal for growing cranberries. Cranberry culture began at Double Trouble Village in the 1860s. By the 20th century, the Double Trouble Company was one of the largest cranberry operations in the state. Cranberry cultivation continues today in several bogs maintained by leaseholders.

Double Trouble Village was typical of company towns built in the Pine Barrens. These isolated communities were entirely self-sufficient and totally dependent on the success of the particular industry. The restored sawmill and cranberry sorting and packinghouse contain nearly intact operational equipment. Those two buildings were the focus of life and work in the village, which also includes a late 19th century one room schoolhouse, general store, bunk house, cook house, shower house, maintenance shop, pickers’ cottages and the foreman’s house. The sawmill and packinghouse are open during guided village tours, while the remaining buildings have been adaptively reused or are not restored and are closed.

The village was purchase by the State of New Jersey in 1964 to protect the Cedar Creek Watershed. The Double Trouble Historic District was placed on the State Register of Historic Places in 1977 and on the National Register in 1978.

For more info: www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/double.html#bogs

Veteran's Park

Highland, New Jersey

Veteran's Park, located on Bay Avenue, in the heart of downtown Highlands features flags and cannon and a Tablet "erected in memory of those in Highlands who lost their lives in WWI and WWII that liberty might not perish." With financial support of the Highlands Business Partnership, the Highlands Garden Club plants annuals at three locations around the park.

Memoria Project

Veterans Park, Highland, New Jersey

Stephen Shaheen's Memoria Project features two figures carved from granite, a design inspired by Roman architecture and the Twin Towers.

A decade in the making, in the autumn 2012, Shaheen's labor of love, titled the "Memoria Project"-13-foot marble sculptures surrounded by granite blocks engraved with all 2,987 names of those who lost their lives in the tragedy-was dedicated in a waterside park in Highlands, N.J., 10 minutes from the small town of Rumson, where Shaheen grew up.

Please read more: www.theday.com/article/20120212/ENT16/302129970/1070/NWS02

Abandoned Moon Motel

4650 U.S. Highway 9

Howell, New Jersey 07731

Opened in 1966 at the height of the space race.

From “Howell Patch – March 9, 2013”

No Injuries Reported From Moon Motel Fire

Cigarette believed responsible

The Moon Motel on Route 9 is now closed after a fire early Saturday morning that forced all residents to be moved to another location.

Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd said the fire was reported at 4:42 Saturday morning and the building was evacuated as soon as crews arrived on the scene.

Dodd said the fire is believed to have centered around the room of 41-year-old Erik Kelly, who she said had been living at the hotel for "several months." Kelly told responding officers he had been smoking a cigarette when he took his child to the bathroom. When they came back he said the bed was on fire before the flames spread to the ceiling area.

The fire, Dodd said, caused "significant damage" to the motel. Following an investigation the Howell Fire Bureau ruled the cause of the fire was accidental. They also determined that many of the smoke detectors in the motel had been disabled.

Several groups responded to the fire including the Southard, Adelphia, Freewood Acres and Ramtown Fire Departments. Fire fighting units also responded from Jackson. The Howell and Ramtown First Aid Squads also responded to the scene along with the Howell Fire Bureau and a building inspector with the Howell Township Building Department.

Double Trouble Village State Park

Pinewald Keswick Road

Lacey Township, NJ 08731

~ Inspired by Carolyn @ __crs

Located on the eastern edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Double Trouble Village provides a window into Pine Barrens industry with a complete company town, a sawmill, and a cranberry sorting and packinghouse. Its natural resources are characterized by thousands of acres of undisturbed woodlands and the pristine waters of Cedar Creek. This area has served as a focal point of human activity since the time of the native Lenape people. Today it preserves some of the early industries that have shaped the landscape of the Pine Barrens while preserving its unique natural beauty.

History: The Double Trouble Historic District occupies over 200 acres and includes the village and surrounding bogs. The natural environment of cedar forest and rapidly flowing stream provided both raw materials and waterpower for an extensive lumber industry from the 1700s to the 1900s. As timber was cut, the cleared swampland created bog habitat ideal for growing cranberries. Cranberry culture began at Double Trouble Village in the 1860s. By the 20th century, the Double Trouble Company was one of the largest cranberry operations in the state. Cranberry cultivation continues today in several bogs maintained by leaseholders.

Double Trouble Village was typical of company towns built in the Pine Barrens. These isolated communities were entirely self-sufficient and totally dependent on the success of the particular industry. The restored sawmill and cranberry sorting and packinghouse contain nearly intact operational equipment. Those two buildings were the focus of life and work in the village, which also includes a late 19th century one room schoolhouse, general store, bunk house, cook house, shower house, maintenance shop, pickers’ cottages and the foreman’s house. The sawmill and packinghouse are open during guided village tours, while the remaining buildings have been adaptively reused or are not restored and are closed.

The village was purchase by the State of New Jersey in 1964 to protect the Cedar Creek Watershed. The Double Trouble Historic District was placed on the State Register of Historic Places in 1977 and on the National Register in 1978.

For more info: www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/double.html#bogs

Foxburst Farm

‘Mystery of the Tower’

Foxburst Farm Water Tower AKA “Vulture Tower” “Tower of Death”

In close proximity to the site of the Little House stands "an enormous square-sided water tower and adjacent one-story building projecting horizontally from its north elevation." (As described in a July, 2002 report from the Cultural Resource Consulting Group about the property.) The study goes on to say that the water tower and attached farm building "are an eclectic combination of styles that include "Italianate, Federalist and Craftsman. Referencing a New England lighthouse with its obelisk form and Wooden Clapboard siding, the windowed tower is crowned by Italianate brackets (that) support a flat, overhanging eave that holds a smaller box-like windowed structure which provides the base for a 1 1/2 story, Federalist-inspired clapboard cabin-like shell that was meant to hide the water tank at the top of the tower."

The age and exact purpose of this intriguing tower is unknown, but it was in existence when Florence L. Haupt purchased the property. Her namesake granddaughter (Florence Haupt Teiger) said that the tower was in a decrepit state even then, and recalls that her brother used to chase her up to the rickety tower steps when they were kids. She also remembers the sight of pigeons roosting at its top.

Ira Haupt II recalled that the first floor of the tower held general farm implements, and a laborer was housed on its 2nd floor. A Caretaker (called Superintendent) of the property also lived in the cottage, which was attached to the tower. However, during World War II, Haupt noted that there was no superintendent, and the cottage was rented out to Oakhurst's police chief-Chief Eisele. He kept his riding horse, called Pearl Harbor, in their cow barn. (It was through Chief Eisele that Florence got her love of riding.)

Stuart Haupt served as an Air Raid Warden during WWII. He would go out to Deal Road when the siren blew. Because of the gasoline shortage during the War, the Haupts spent two years (1943-44) living in New York City.

Foxburst Farm Water Tower aka “Vulture Tower” “Tower OF Death”

The water tower was constructed to resemble a New England lighthouse. The property was purchased by then Western Electric Company and subsequently AT&T in 1919. Refereed as the Deal Test site. Ship-to-shore wireless communications was tested and perfected here after the Titanic disaster. This is also the place where Sputnik was first discovered. In 1960, the army transmitted the first photograph via facsimile “fax” to Puerto Rico using a satellite. In 1823 the first Mastodon remains in New Jersey were found here." ` by Dustin Farnum

The Tower itself has been there for quite some time. It predates the Haupt's who owned the farm from the 1930's on. Originally it was a water tower to supply the farm. During the 2nd World War, it was occupied by the army to watch the coast. Before the 2nd World War, the property had been a working farm, but because of the War and the shortage of men to work it, that became a problem and the farm was switched over to more of specialized growing and they had large greenhouses erected behind the tower (They were on the site when the Township took over the property, but were in such bad shape the Township had no choice but the tear them down). As public water became available, the need for a water tower decreased and it was changed over to just a tower.

The water basin was removed and the viewing tower that you see today was built. At that time the Towers use also changed. It was a Caretaker’s residence for the property and many people lived there over the years. In the 1960's and 70's, the Township's Police Chief lived in the Tower house. As a kid, I remember (the 1960's) that the front of the farm was covered by the pine trees that are there today, except they went down to the ground, and there was a fence along the road. You could only see down the driveway, and the only thing you could see was the tower.

Double Trouble Village State Park

Pinewald Keswick Road

Lacey Township, NJ 08731

~ Inspired by Carolyn @ __crs

Located on the eastern edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Double Trouble Village provides a window into Pine Barrens industry with a complete company town, a sawmill, and a cranberry sorting and packinghouse. Its natural resources are characterized by thousands of acres of undisturbed woodlands and the pristine waters of Cedar Creek. This area has served as a focal point of human activity since the time of the native Lenape people. Today it preserves some of the early industries that have shaped the landscape of the Pine Barrens while preserving its unique natural beauty.

History: The Double Trouble Historic District occupies over 200 acres and includes the village and surrounding bogs. The natural environment of cedar forest and rapidly flowing stream provided both raw materials and waterpower for an extensive lumber industry from the 1700s to the 1900s. As timber was cut, the cleared swampland created bog habitat ideal for growing cranberries. Cranberry culture began at Double Trouble Village in the 1860s. By the 20th century, the Double Trouble Company was one of the largest cranberry operations in the state. Cranberry cultivation continues today in several bogs maintained by leaseholders.

Double Trouble Village was typical of company towns built in the Pine Barrens. These isolated communities were entirely self-sufficient and totally dependent on the success of the particular industry. The restored sawmill and cranberry sorting and packinghouse contain nearly intact operational equipment. Those two buildings were the focus of life and work in the village, which also includes a late 19th century one room schoolhouse, general store, bunk house, cook house, shower house, maintenance shop, pickers’ cottages and the foreman’s house. The sawmill and packinghouse are open during guided village tours, while the remaining buildings have been adaptively reused or are not restored and are closed.

The village was purchase by the State of New Jersey in 1964 to protect the Cedar Creek Watershed. The Double Trouble Historic District was placed on the State Register of Historic Places in 1977 and on the National Register in 1978.

For more info: www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/double.html#bogs

Abandoned Moon Motel

4650 U.S. Highway 9

Howell, New Jersey 07731

Opened in 1966 at the height of the space race.

From “Howell Patch – March 9, 2013”

No Injuries Reported From Moon Motel Fire

Cigarette believed responsible

The Moon Motel on Route 9 is now closed after a fire early Saturday morning that forced all residents to be moved to another location.

Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd said the fire was reported at 4:42 Saturday morning and the building was evacuated as soon as crews arrived on the scene.

Dodd said the fire is believed to have centered around the room of 41-year-old Erik Kelly, who she said had been living at the hotel for "several months." Kelly told responding officers he had been smoking a cigarette when he took his child to the bathroom. When they came back he said the bed was on fire before the flames spread to the ceiling area.

The fire, Dodd said, caused "significant damage" to the motel. Following an investigation the Howell Fire Bureau ruled the cause of the fire was accidental. They also determined that many of the smoke detectors in the motel had been disabled.

Several groups responded to the fire including the Southard, Adelphia, Freewood Acres and Ramtown Fire Departments. Fire fighting units also responded from Jackson. The Howell and Ramtown First Aid Squads also responded to the scene along with the Howell Fire Bureau and a building inspector with the Howell Township Building Department.

Abandoned Moon Motel

4650 U.S. Highway 9

Howell, New Jersey 07731

Opened in 1966 at the height of the space race.

From “Howell Patch – March 9, 2013”

No Injuries Reported From Moon Motel Fire

Cigarette believed responsible

The Moon Motel on Route 9 is now closed after a fire early Saturday morning that forced all residents to be moved to another location.

Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd said the fire was reported at 4:42 Saturday morning and the building was evacuated as soon as crews arrived on the scene.

Dodd said the fire is believed to have centered around the room of 41-year-old Erik Kelly, who she said had been living at the hotel for "several months." Kelly told responding officers he had been smoking a cigarette when he took his child to the bathroom. When they came back he said the bed was on fire before the flames spread to the ceiling area.

The fire, Dodd said, caused "significant damage" to the motel. Following an investigation the Howell Fire Bureau ruled the cause of the fire was accidental. They also determined that many of the smoke detectors in the motel had been disabled.

Several groups responded to the fire including the Southard, Adelphia, Freewood Acres and Ramtown Fire Departments. Fire fighting units also responded from Jackson. The Howell and Ramtown First Aid Squads also responded to the scene along with the Howell Fire Bureau and a building inspector with the Howell Township Building Department.

New Egypt Flea Market Village

933 Monmouth Rd,

Cream Ridge, NJ 08514

New Egypt Flea Market Village & Auction was founded by Esler and Sandy Heller in 1959. This unique market is like no other. It features over forty climate-controlled historic buildings (shops) some of which are original WWII Barracks brought here from Fort Dix in the early 1970's.

We are one of the last unpaved, low-key, Old-time Country Markets. You can find books, Antiques, Collectibles, furniture, gift ware, music, electronics, toys, clothing, hardware, household items, tools, bicycles, lawn equipment, jewelry, coin and gold exchange, etc.

Come visit us! There is free parking on the premises; we're open every Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 7am-2:00pm, rain or shine- year round. Our Merchants consist of Dealers, local Artists, and families that rent tables to sell their treasures.

The Horror Genre seeks to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres.

Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibals, serial killers, and Liberal Progressives. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.

Battery Mills – Common Magazine

Battery Mills (1921-1946) - Battery Mills was a reinforced concrete, World War I 12 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Hancock, New Jersey. The battery was named after Major General Albert L. Mills, a Spanish-American War Medal of Honor recipient. Battery construction started in March 1917, was completed 2 Apr 1921 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 2 Apr 1921 at a cost of $ 297,933.04. Deactivated in 1946.

Endicott Period

Part of the Harbor Defense of Southern New York.

Originally built as a World War I concrete coastal gun battery with two 12" M1895MI guns mounted on M1917 Barbette carriages. This was a single story battery with the guns located on open concrete gun pads on the same level as the common magazine and support structure between them. The common magazine and support structure was an earth covered reinforced concrete building that contained shell rooms, powder rooms, a power plant, plotting rooms and personnel facilities. Shells were moved from the magazine to the gun-loading platform by shot carts. No shell or powder hoists were provided or needed.

The two guns were mounted on circular concrete pads with sunken gun pits. The guns and gun crews were completely in the open with no protection from incoming fire or from aircraft. The M1917 carriage and the sunken gun pit allowed a gun elevation of 35 degrees, giving the gun a range of over 16 miles. This battery and sister battery, Battery Kingman, were located on the bay side of Sandy Hook at Horseshoe Cove and covered 360 degrees.

World War II

In 1942-43 the gun emplacements were casemated and connected to the original magazine structure by concrete corridors. The casemates and magazine complex were covered with sand and soil. The casemate construction and the upgraded magazine project was completed in 1943 at a cost of $ 623,818.80.

Current Status

Part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, Fort Hancock Unit. No period guns or mounts in place. Public access to the casemates but not to the interior on the magazine complex.

Abandoned Lighthouse

Conover Beacon

Middletown, NJ

The Conover Beacon is a lighthouse in Leonardo section of Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey that functioned as the front light of the now-discontinued Chapel Hill Range.

The current tower, which resembles a submarine periscope, replaced the hexagonal wooden tower in 1941. Before being relocated to Leonardo, the metal tower served as the front light of the Waackaack (way-cake) Range. The tower’s former location was just over four miles west along the shore at Point Comfort in Keansburg, where it was also known as the Point Comfort or Bayside Beacon.

Historic Ocean Grove

New Jersey

Ocean Grove was founded in 1869 as an outgrowth of the camp meeting movement in the United States, when a group of Methodist clergymen, led by William B. Osborn and Ellwood H. Stokes, formed the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association to develop and operate a summer camp meeting site on the New Jersey seashore. By the early 20th century, the popular Christian meeting ground became known as the "Queen of Religious Resorts." The community's land is still owned by the camp meeting association and leased to individual homeowners and businesses. Ocean Grove remains the longest-active camp meeting site in the United States.

Each of the Tent Homes is constructed on a wooden platform. The largest is about 13 feet by 18 feet, with a canvas section attached to a permanent wooden structure housing the kitchen and bathroom. In front of the canvas section, there is a narrow porch, often covered by an awning and sporting an American flag.

The tents encircle the Great Auditorium -- a 6,000-seat structure for religious services, dating back to 1894 -- creating a mini-city, with narrow streets for pedestrians only. The tents are largely used by seasonal congregants, some of whom are families with small children. Some have had tent leases in their families for four generations.

At one time, the tents cost $75 to $100 for the season. Today, they run about $4,000 to $7,000, including water. Gas and electric bills are paid separately. Barbeques and open fires are prohibited, as are air conditioners, unless one has a doctor’s note.

Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook, located in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor and played a role in the history of New Jersey. Between 1874 and 1919, Fort Hancock was operated in conjunction with the Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.

In 1893, Fort Hancock installed Battery Potter, the nation's first disappearing gun battery. It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, preventing the entrance of German submarines into the harbor. In the late 1950s Project Nike antiaircraft missiles were based there. Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974.

The fort and its small museum are managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, and is part of National Parks of New York Harbor unit of the National Park System.

Ambassador Hotel (Demolished)

217 3rd Ave

Asbury Park, New Jersey 07712

United States

a·ban·don·ment (n)

the action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned.

"she had a feeling of utter abandonment and loneliness”

Greystone Lunatic Asylum

One of the more infamous asylums in New Jersey lore is Greystone Psychiatric Park, located in Morris Plains. First conceived in1871 and known as The New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum at Morristown, the institution first opened its doors (to a mere 292 patients) on August 17, 1876.

In its day, Greystone was a landmark in progressivism. Designed by Thomas Kirkbride, the hospital advocated uncrowded conditions, fresh air, and the notion that mental patients were curable people.

One of the more famous aspects of Greystone is its notorious network of underground tunnels and rails. This system led to Greystone being built on one huge foundation --it was actually the largest continuous foundation in the United States until the Pentagon was constructed. Being that the hospital sits on over 670 acres of land, this rail system served to unite the entire complex as one contained unit.

Over time, the humane reputation of Greystone was tarnished, as overcrowding became the norm (the hospital, which was originally meant to house hundreds, once contained 7,674 patients in1953). Overcrowding was a problem almost immediately in the hospital’s history. In 1881 the attic was converted into patient living space, and in 1887, the hospital’s exercise rooms were converted into more dormitories.

One of the hospitals more famous patients was folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie, who spend a stint at Greystone from 1956 to 1961. Woody was suffering from Huntington’s disease, a hereditary, degenerative nervous disorder, which would eventual, prove terminal. During his stay there, Woody referred to Greystone as “Gravestone.” This sardonically humorous nickname might prove more prophetic than Woody ever could have imagined, as Greystone might well be the last monument to a dying breed of New Jersey’s gargantuan mental institutions.

Source: www.weirdnj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=vie...

Published on WeirdNJ.com: flickr.com/photos/lipsss/2858090027

Abandoned Moon Motel

4650 U.S. Highway 9

Howell, New Jersey 07731

Opened in 1966 at the height of the space race.

From âHowell Patch â March 9, 2013â

No Injuries Reported From Moon Motel Fire

Cigarette believed responsible

The Moon Motel on Route 9 is now closed after a fire early Saturday morning that forced all residents to be moved to another location.

Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd said the fire was reported at 4:42 Saturday morning and the building was evacuated as soon as crews arrived on the scene.

Dodd said the fire is believed to have centered around the room of 41-year-old Erik Kelly, who she said had been living at the hotel for "several months." Kelly told responding officers he had been smoking a cigarette when he took his child to the bathroom. When they came back he said the bed was on fire before the flames spread to the ceiling area.

The fire, Dodd said, caused "significant damage" to the motel. Following an investigation the Howell Fire Bureau ruled the cause of the fire was accidental. They also determined that many of the smoke detectors in the motel had been disabled.

Several groups responded to the fire including the Southard, Adelphia, Freewood Acres and Ramtown Fire Departments. Fire fighting units also responded from Jackson. The Howell and Ramtown First Aid Squads also responded to the scene along with the Howell Fire Bureau and a building inspector with the Howell Township Building Department.

Abandoned Moon Motel

4650 U.S. Highway 9

Howell, New Jersey 07731

Opened in 1966 at the height of the space race.

From âHowell Patch â March 9, 2013â

No Injuries Reported From Moon Motel Fire

Cigarette believed responsible

The Moon Motel on Route 9 is now closed after a fire early Saturday morning that forced all residents to be moved to another location.

Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd said the fire was reported at 4:42 Saturday morning and the building was evacuated as soon as crews arrived on the scene.

Dodd said the fire is believed to have centered around the room of 41-year-old Erik Kelly, who she said had been living at the hotel for "several months." Kelly told responding officers he had been smoking a cigarette when he took his child to the bathroom. When they came back he said the bed was on fire before the flames spread to the ceiling area.

The fire, Dodd said, caused "significant damage" to the motel. Following an investigation the Howell Fire Bureau ruled the cause of the fire was accidental. They also determined that many of the smoke detectors in the motel had been disabled.

Several groups responded to the fire including the Southard, Adelphia, Freewood Acres and Ramtown Fire Departments. Fire fighting units also responded from Jackson. The Howell and Ramtown First Aid Squads also responded to the scene along with the Howell Fire Bureau and a building inspector with the Howell Township Building Department.

BLDG 57: Rusty Victorian Spindles

Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook, located in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor and played a role in the history of New Jersey. Between 1874 and 1919, Fort Hancock was operated in conjunction with the Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.

In 1893, Fort Hancock installed Battery Potter, the nation's first disappearing gun battery. It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, preventing the entrance of German submarines into the harbor. In the late 1950s Project Nike antiaircraft missiles were based there. Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974.

The fort and its small museum are managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, and is part of National Parks of New York Harbor unit of the National Park System.

"Keep Smiling"

Greystone Lunatic Asylum

One of the more infamous asylums in New Jersey lore is Greystone Psychiatric Park, located in Morris Plains. First conceived in1871 and known as The New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum at Morristown, the institution first opened its doors (to a mere 292 patients) on August 17, 1876.

In its day, Greystone was a landmark in progressivism. Designed by Thomas Kirkbride, the hospital advocated uncrowded conditions, fresh air, and the notion that mental patients were curable people.

One of the more famous aspects of Greystone is its notorious network of underground tunnels and rails. This system led to Greystone being built on one huge foundation --it was actually the largest continuous foundation in the United States until the Pentagon was constructed. Being that the hospital sits on over 670 acres of land, this rail system served to unite the entire complex as one contained unit.

Over time, the humane reputation of Greystone was tarnished, as overcrowding became the norm (the hospital, which was originally meant to house hundreds, once contained 7,674 patients in1953). Overcrowding was a problem almost immediately in the hospital’s history. In 1881 the attic was converted into patient living space, and in 1887, the hospital’s exercise rooms were converted into more dormitories.

One of the hospitals more famous patients was folk singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie, who spend a stint at Greystone from 1956 to 1961. Woody was suffering from Huntington’s disease, a hereditary, degenerative nervous disorder, which would eventual, prove terminal. During his stay there, Woody referred to Greystone as “Gravestone.” This sardonically humorous nickname might prove more prophetic than Woody ever could have imagined, as Greystone might well be the last monument to a dying breed of New Jersey’s gargantuan mental institutions.

Source: www.weirdnj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=vie...

Published on WeirdNJ.com: flickr.com/photos/lipsss/2858090027

Battery Kingman – Gun Emplacement No. 1

Battery Kingman (1921-1946) - Battery Kingman was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 12 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Hancock, New Jersey. The battery was named after BG Dan C. Kingman, Chief of Army Engineers, who died in November 1916. Battery construction started in March 1917, was completed on 2 Apr 1921 and transferred to the Coast Artillery for use 2 Apr 1921 at a cost of $ 297,933.04. Deactivated in 1946.

World War I

Part of the Harbor Defense of Southern New York.

Originally built as a World War I concrete coastal gun battery with two 12" M1895MI guns mounted on M1917 carriages. This was a single story battery with the guns located on open concrete gun pads on the same level as the common magazine and support structure between them. The common magazine and support structure was an earth covered reinforced concrete building that contained shell rooms, powder rooms, a power plant, plotting rooms and personnel facilities. Shells were moved from the magazine to the gun-loading platform by shot carts. No shell or powder hoists were provided or needed.

The two guns were mounted on circular concrete pads with sunken gun pits. The guns and gun crews were completely in the open with no protection from incoming fire or from aircraft. The M1917 carriage and the sunken gun pit allowed a gun elevation of 35 degrees, giving the gun a range of over 16 miles. This battery and sister battery, Battery Mills, were located on the bay side of Sandy Hook at Horseshoe Cove and covered 360 degrees.

World War II

In 1942-43 the gun emplacements were casemated and connected to the original magazine structure by concrete corridors. The casemates and magazine complex were covered with sand and soil. The casemate construction and the upgraded magazine project was completed in 1943 at a cost of $ 623,818.80.

Current Status

Part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, Fort Hancock Unit. No period guns or mounts in place. Public access to the casemates but not to the interior on the magazine complex.

Ambassador Hotel (Demolished)

217 3rd Ave

Asbury Park, New Jersey 07712

United States

a·ban·don·ment (n)

the action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned.

"she had a feeling of utter abandonment and loneliness”

Abandoned Moon Motel

4650 U.S. Highway 9

Howell, New Jersey 07731

Opened in 1966 at the height of the space race.

From âHowell Patch â March 9, 2013â

No Injuries Reported From Moon Motel Fire

Cigarette believed responsible

The Moon Motel on Route 9 is now closed after a fire early Saturday morning that forced all residents to be moved to another location.

Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd said the fire was reported at 4:42 Saturday morning and the building was evacuated as soon as crews arrived on the scene.

Dodd said the fire is believed to have centered around the room of 41-year-old Erik Kelly, who she said had been living at the hotel for "several months." Kelly told responding officers he had been smoking a cigarette when he took his child to the bathroom. When they came back he said the bed was on fire before the flames spread to the ceiling area.

The fire, Dodd said, caused "significant damage" to the motel. Following an investigation the Howell Fire Bureau ruled the cause of the fire was accidental. They also determined that many of the smoke detectors in the motel had been disabled.

Several groups responded to the fire including the Southard, Adelphia, Freewood Acres and Ramtown Fire Departments. Fire fighting units also responded from Jackson. The Howell and Ramtown First Aid Squads also responded to the scene along with the Howell Fire Bureau and a building inspector with the Howell Township Building Department.

Whitesbog Village

Whitesbog Village is an early 20th century company town and agricultural community. In the early 1900’s, Whitesbog was the largest cranberry farm in New Jersey. Its founder, Joseph J. White, was a nationally recognized leader in the cranberry industry. In 1916, Elizabeth C. White collaborated with Dr. Frederick A. Coville of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and successfully developed the first cultivated blueberry here at Whitesbog.

The story of Whitesbog begins with the former Hanover Iron Furnace (now Fort Dix). The production of iron was a dynamic and important industry in the Pines, but ultimately the most destructive. The process of dredging the land and diverting water had a devastating effect on the land. Ironically, it was the physical conditions produced by the iron industry that set the stage for cranberry cultivation. The American cranberry grows naturally and extensively in swampy areas of the North American temperate zone. The cranberry thrived in the disturbed strip-mined conditions in the Pinelands. Realizing the potential market for this crop, an enterprising James A. Fenwick purchased a 490-acre tract, which included the site of the former canal and canal pond that fed Hanover Furnace during its operation.

Fenwick proceeded to cultivate the land for cranberries. By the 1860s, Fenwick’s efforts proved to be successful and the cranberry boom began. Land that was thought to be worthless was suddenly found capable of producing 30 to 60 barrels of cranberries worth about $10 each in American markets and $20 in Europe.

Fenwick’s son-in-law, Joseph J. White, was himself an up and coming cranberry farmer. In the winter of 1869-1870, J.J. White, together with his wife Mary, produced a booklet entitled “Cranberry Culture” which quickly became a classic agricultural guide. After James Fenwick’s death in 1882 Joseph White assumed the management of the cranberry operation and called it Whitesbog. He was assisted by his eldest daughter, Elizabeth Coleman White, who began her career there in 1893.

For more info: www.whitesbog.org

BLDG 70 - Fort Hancock - Sandy Hook

Middletown Township, New Jersey

Sandy Hook is a barrier spit, approximately 6 miles in length and varying between 0.1 to 1 miles wide in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic Ocean coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. The barrier spit encloses the southern entrance of Lower New York Bay south of New York City. The Dutch called the area "Sant Hoek", with the English "Hook" deriving from the Dutch "Hoek" (corner, angle), meaning "spit of land".

Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook, located in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor and played a role in the history of New Jersey. Between 1874 and 1919, Fort Hancock was operated in conjunction with the Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.

In 1893, Fort Hancock installed Battery Potter, the nation's first disappearing gun battery. It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, preventing the entrance of German submarines into the harbor. In the late 1950s Project Nike antiaircraft missiles were based there. Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974.

The fort and its small museum are managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, and is part of National Parks of New York Harbor unit of the National Park System.

Double Trouble Village State Park

Pinewald Keswick Road

Lacey Township, NJ 08731

~ Inspired by Carolyn @ __crs

Located on the eastern edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Double Trouble Village provides a window into Pine Barrens industry with a complete company town, a sawmill, and a cranberry sorting and packinghouse. Its natural resources are characterized by thousands of acres of undisturbed woodlands and the pristine waters of Cedar Creek. This area has served as a focal point of human activity since the time of the native Lenape people. Today it preserves some of the early industries that have shaped the landscape of the Pine Barrens while preserving its unique natural beauty.

History: The Double Trouble Historic District occupies over 200 acres and includes the village and surrounding bogs. The natural environment of cedar forest and rapidly flowing stream provided both raw materials and waterpower for an extensive lumber industry from the 1700s to the 1900s. As timber was cut, the cleared swampland created bog habitat ideal for growing cranberries. Cranberry culture began at Double Trouble Village in the 1860s. By the 20th century, the Double Trouble Company was one of the largest cranberry operations in the state. Cranberry cultivation continues today in several bogs maintained by leaseholders.

Double Trouble Village was typical of company towns built in the Pine Barrens. These isolated communities were entirely self-sufficient and totally dependent on the success of the particular industry. The restored sawmill and cranberry sorting and packinghouse contain nearly intact operational equipment. Those two buildings were the focus of life and work in the village, which also includes a late 19th century one room schoolhouse, general store, bunk house, cook house, shower house, maintenance shop, pickers’ cottages and the foreman’s house. The sawmill and packinghouse are open during guided village tours, while the remaining buildings have been adaptively reused or are not restored and are closed.

The village was purchase by the State of New Jersey in 1964 to protect the Cedar Creek Watershed. The Double Trouble Historic District was placed on the State Register of Historic Places in 1977 and on the National Register in 1978.

For more info: www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/double.html#bogs