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Recently I was biking through this park and noticed an old foundation I'd never noticed before. In the 1980s I found some distinctive "holes" or possibly some kind of old sewage "manholes" in the ground in this area. Today, the park is run by Atlantic County as a campground/recreational area...

Hey, does anyone know the area of the Amatol Raceway and the ruins of the munitions factory there? LOL! Recently I went onto the raceway track in search of the munitions factory ruins. I admit I'm clueless! everyone seems to find them and I see the pictures, but I got there and I do not see...

Thanks for the info. According to your info, and looking at google maps today, the area is now a private residence with nothing left of the train station, except for the still in use railroad track.

Does anyone know the exact location of the "original" train station in Dorothy? While looking for historical photos of Mays Landing, I found a pic of the train station in Dorothy, but no location description. Any other information or related stories about it or about Dorothy itself would be cool...

Hey Everyone! Thanks for the plentitude of information and advice. Before I posted my question on here, I had spoken to the owner of Grigsby's (the house/antiques store directly across the road from the Steelman Tavern site. From what he indicated, there is nothing left of the tavern itself. He...

Does anyone know the exact location of the tavern today (on the lot) and if anyone has ever explored the location and found any artifacts. Also, any old pics would be cool if anyone can share them. Would like to explore the site for artifacts like old coins, bottles, etc., etc., or take photos...

Does anyone have any old photos of the Amatol Raceway/Factory/Village from when they were still standing or around? I believe the Raceway was from the 20s, so pics might be a "bit" rare, but, there's gotta be something. I wish to visit this place but would like to see old photos to try to...

Dude. You just put the screws on tight! That's a wrap for what these were! I think those tanks match up exactly to your neutralizer tank for your water treatment system. Thanks! At least they were not toxic...I hate it when people dumb things in our pine barrens. Even worse if they are...

I took a pic of the opening of the one most visible and on top. From the look of 'em, I doubt they were used to put things inside. I really think they were just dumped there out of convenience as opposed to someone paying the proper disposal fees. Nonetheless.....there's always the...

Hey, yeah, I saw the corrected page. Thanks! It helps to see the different "evolution" of the area over time. The tower is very grainy and not visible until you really study the photo, but yes. I see it. I have found the remains of the building's foundation in 1985, but at that time, the only...

The funny thing is. I just went back there again, and saw that there is a crumbled up, discarded NJ Wildlife Management area sign nearby on the ground as trash! The area is not a WMA area as far as I know. Hmmm...

Okay. Yeah, the thought obviously crossed my mind, but I'll just continue deceiving myself in thinking that they were just the brine tanks for a water softening system that someone wanted to get rid of. Damn, I hate that when people dump stuff like this. Just continue to pollute the world and...

I found some old fiberglass tanks half-buried in an old clay pit in the pine barrens of South Jersey (where all the weird stuff is or happens)! These cylindrical fiberglass tubes are located in an old clay pit that was used by the Atlantic Brick manufacturing Company from the 1930s to the 1950s...

Hey! Cool! did not know about that site. I checked it out, but...do I have to order before I can actually "SEE" what I want on the site. All I can get is information on placing an order. I'd like to look at it before I order anything, you know what I mean? LOL! Let me know I am missing...

I think it was a fire tower. Like you say, too far inland to be a coastal watchtower.

Yeah! I grew up in this area in the 70s and 80s. I never heard it called the "sandpits" before at this location, a new term for me. Yes, you are right there is a gas line running through there. If you go over to the other side of the road, way in the back where there is a creek (still there), it...

Thanks so much for the maps. It must have been a fire tower of some sort, like a small outpost of the forestry service. I did look at some of the maps from the 30s, but they are too grainy to make anything out. Thanks again!

Yes! That is the exact spot! The whole area on Old Egg Harbor Road was originally a wooded area and was supposed to be preserved by the Pineland/wetlands preservation act from the 70s or 80s. I don't know how they got around that, but they started to clear-cut the area in the late 1980s, and...

In the 1980s there was a site on Old Egg Harbor Road which still had the remains of a very tall rusted watchtower and an old building foundation next to it. I've spoken to my neighbor who has lived here since the mid-50s and at best she seems to recall that it was used as an old WWII watchtower...

That baby is absolutely terrifying! I'm now scared of walking around at night and seeing something like that in the woods! Daytime is fine, but if I see that at night....I'll never go back in! LOL!