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Today's chandlers deal more in goods typical for fuel-powered commercial ships (oil tanker, container ship, and bulk carrier) including maintenance supplies, cleaning compounds, and food stores for the crew. A distinguishing feature of a ship chandler is the high level of service demanded and the short time required to fill and deliver orders.
The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 07740. As of the 2010 United States Census , the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 07740 was 31,038. [ 1 ]
Arthur Beale is a yacht-chandler that stocks a wide variety of nautical equipment and accessories. The business started as the rope-maker John Buckingham by the nearby Fleet river in the 16th century and was based in premises in Bloomsbury until 2021.
Long Branch is a beachside city in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 31,667, [9] [10] an increase of 948 (+3.1%) from the 2010 census count of 30,719, [19] [20] which in turn reflected a decline of 621 (−2.0%) from the 31,340 counted in the 2000 census. [21]
The Atlantic triangular trade formed a major component of the colonial American economy, involving Europe, Africa and the Americas.The primary component of the transatlantic triangular trade consisted of slave ships from Europe sailing to Africa loaded with manufactured goods; once the ships arrived at African shores, the European slavers would exchange the goods aboard their ships for ...
As these provided ships' stores, chandlery came to refer to a shop selling nautical items for ships and boats, although for a time they were called ship-chandleries to distinguish them. Americans used the term chandlery for these ship-chandleries, [5] but tended to prefer the term chandler's shop. Both terms are still in use.
Prior to being called West Long Branch, the area had been called Mechanicsville from the 18th century through the Civil War, and then Branchburg in the 1870s.The name West Long Branch appears in the 1889 Wolverton Atlas of Monmouth County, and seems to have derived its name from its proximity to a section of the Shrewsbury River.
Ship Bottom is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, within Ocean County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census , the borough's population was 1,098, [ 9 ] a decrease of 58 (−5.0%) from the 2010 census count of 1,156, [ 18 ] [ 19 ] which in turn had reflected a decline of 228 (−16.5%) from the 1,384 counted ...