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Most of the New Jersey pages already have images showing the municipalities location within its county, as well as an inset of the county's location within New jersey. A good source of historical maps is the Rutgers Collection. Maps published before 1923 are in the public domain in the US. Consider uploading them to Wikimedia Commons ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Passaic County, New Jersey. Latitude and longitude coordinates of the sites listed on this page may be displayed in an online map. [1]
Fort Hancock is the name given to the series of coastal defenses located at Sandy Hook. As it overlooks the approaches to New York Harbor, the area has been of military importance since colonial days, and has been home to a succession of defense establishments.
The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles (2.4 km) inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. [4] It was designed and built on June 11, 1764 by Isaac Conro .
Fort Mercer was an earthen fort on the eastern shores of the Delaware River in New Jersey that was constructed by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The fort was built in 1777 by Polish engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko under the command of George Washington .
In 1900, Proof Battery was relocated because of Fort Hancock's need for the location to build a gun battery. The new Battery was built southeast of its old location. [2] The eastern end of the new Proof Battery was designed for test firing machine guns, field and siege guns, and howitzers – larger guns like a 14-inch (36 cm) caliber – were ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Union County, New Jersey. Latitude and longitude coordinates of the sites listed on this page may be displayed in an online map. [1]
Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey (2 P) Pages in category "Forts in New Jersey" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.