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Folks: This is the wreck of the West Jersey & Seashore’s 9:00 a.m. Cape May Express, which occurred on 5 August 1904. Here is a newspaper account of the wreck: Best regards, Jerseyman

Guy: I think you will find that after passenger service ended on the line, the mileage no longer extended to the terminus in Jersey City. That would account for the differential in mileage between my stated mileage and the mileposts you are citing. Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: As Guy has already indicated, Harris Station received its name from the Harris family and Harrisville. The Raritan & Delaware Bay Railroad officially established the stop in 1862 with the opening of its line to Atsion. The freight station that last stood their dated to 1884 and the...

Bob: My sense is that the “new” forges stood above Ridge Road and the “old” forges stood where Cushman built the cotton mill. Your assessment of Retreat vs. New Retreat sounds right, but I really need to conduct further research before I can state so with any certitude. Although it does not...

I will PM you, Guy, with some instructions. Best regards, Jerseyman

Nicely done, Guy! I hope your trip to Trenton was worthwhile. BTW, Albert was Constant’s nephew, not his son. Constant and Albert were both born in France and emigrated in 1877 to the United States. In 1900, Constant was dealing in real estate and Albert was a “clay prospector.” During 1910...

Gentlemen: I am envious of your trip to Retreat! Not that I am in any shape to accompany the PBX crew, but Retreat and Birmingham have consumed some of my personal research time of late. Writing in his 1931 work, Early Forges and Furnaces in New Jersey, Charles Boyer reports the following...

S-M: “butt of a wisecrack”?????? Where’s the spackling compound when you need it????? :) :) :) Regarding Moss Mill, I have examined the original deeds and surveys and can assure you that it is Morss and not Moore. Best regards, Jerseyman

Spung-Man: I’m not sure there is enough fabric in the world to cover your “aging academic ass” :), but perhaps the following will provide you with a partial bit of modesty: In Volume XXI of the New Jersey Archives series—the volume that contains abstracts of the earliest deeds for East and...

Boyd: I like your logic! Back in 2007, we had a discussion about tree iconography on historic maps: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?t=3460&highlight=%22pine+trees%22 Best regards, Jerseyman

Boyd: It absolutely flows into Chatsworth Lake on the west side and it purported NOT to be part of the Wading River, but, as its name indicates, flows from a spring. Best regards, Jerseyman

Manumuskin: The 1859 map of Burlington County identifies the stream and depicts its location: Best regards, Jerseyman

They don’t call it “The Slag Heap” for nuttin’!!!!! J.

Gabe: I think we had this discussion last year: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/pieces-of-hampton-park-history.7822/page-2#post-93159 If you drop down a couple more messages, you will find information from the OED. Skit or Skitt is a term that remains mysterious. Best regards...

We’ll all be rootin’ for you, S-M! :dance: Jerseyman

Is that one of those Pixar characters? :dance: Seriously, Pineywoman, I am always happy to help out and share my knowledge of local history to anyone who expresses an interest. Best regards, Jerseyman

Don: I’m glad you responded because something in the back of my mind started to click. So, I called Dave Munn, one of my closest and dearest friends, and he confirmed what was bubbling up. While the shipyard office building was built for that purpose, the city board of education DID lease the...

The wood depicted in the foreground of your photographs is bulkheading that your hero, William Thompson, installed to prevent the creek from washing away soil. I have a drawing in my collection of the work the contractors performed here so Thompson could store his ferryboats and river steamers...

Pineywoman: If you are referring to the set of pilings that cross the mouth of Big Timber Creek, that is what remains of the trolley trestle that once carried summer revelers to Washington Park on the Delaware. Thompson chartered the Camden, Gloucester & Woodbury Railway in 1893. The line...

Don: I did not know you are an alum of Gloucester High School—that’s great! The building you identified on Water Street was never a high school. Rather, it was the office building constructed for the two shipyards. This is the building that stands where the South Jersey Jockey Club once...