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Thanks for the heads up Manamuskin. I think those things are really neat and are quite an interesting way to be reminded of a bygone era of a whole different industry. Kevin

Wow. Spung-Man, thanks a bunch for all of that data and that very valuable picture. I just looked at it and I can already match the features from what's there now, to what's in the photo and it's even bigger than I could have imagined. I figured it was railroad oriented since much of the...

Trip Looks like it was an awesome trip James. There is so much to see in that area. And those iron grave markers are quite a find. Kevin

Sand Jerseyman, thanks for that reply. The date it was made and the name of the company was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for you help and the info on where to find out more. Kevin

I was planning on asking the Mays Landing Historical Society as well, but figured someone here had to know. Has anyone ever heard of a Sand Quarry in Mizpah right off the old PRSL railroad tracks. It's about a mile East from Strand Ave. and has quite a lot of old concrete ruins there. It looks...

Thanks Thanks guys. I'm glad you liked them. I have to learn how to embed the photos into this site so it's easier to view stuff. I'll get it one day. Kevin

Trip Nice trip Jim. You guys really got around that day. I never noticed that cemetery in the back of the veteran's cemetery before. I'll be discovering stuff in the area I live until I'm 80, no doubt. As for those little cement moss covered mounds, they were footings for the power poles coming...

Ruins Boyd, I didn't mean an actual part of the glass works, more like someone who lived there probably did so because of the work the glass works in the area provided. Kind of like the village of Calico near Martha's Furnace. But without any background info, mine's as good as anybody's...

Bethlehem Hey GermanG, According to what I've read, and saw on a map in Solem Stull's "Ghost Towns of South Jersey" those holes are listed as "Farmhouse Ruins". I'm guessing they were connected somehow to the Estellville Glassworks. I noticed that too, how they seemed so much older than the...

Turntables Hey Guy, thanks for that info. I didn't know that's what that was used for. Pretty crazy how sometimes things don't look like much and then they end up with a whole history and a crazy story behind them. Yeah, Whiting is a neat place and I'm sure one day, I'll poke around in the...

Winslow As for Winslow Junction, I think that place is one of the neatest places in South Jersey. Ever since seeing it out the window of a ride I took on New Jersey Transit in 2003, I knew I had to check this place out and see what was going on. I ended up going back 7 more times before I...

Winslow at Night Maxwellandson, it's not that cazy at night. You do have to watch out for the critters, skunks especially, and every now and then someone gets loose from Ancora and ends up at the train yard. But other than that, it's pretty quiet at night. Every now and then you'll catch a...

Spikes Wow, after reading the first couple of threads, that's not what I pictured them to be. That looks like a metal sharks tooth and something that could really do a lot of damage or harm. I hate when people do that. It's one thing to lay a couple of logs across the road to send a message...

played it safe I think you played it well. It sounds like the dude was really scared he was going to get a ticket, and you totally had the situation. I wouldn't of called unless they were burning a car or something crazy, or it was a drought. But you never really know how people are going to...

Great Beer I personally like any type of beer and feel that there are many different types of beer that suite many different drinking situations. I believe you can drink the basic of the basic around a huge group of people because the personalities of the people balance out the lack of taste in...

Pbr haha, true. I honestly can't tell you how many great times I had in the pines to the old PBR. Although there are thousands of different types of beer out there, any beer is better than no beer when it comes to hangin' around a campfire with no plans the next day. Kevin

ruins That kind of looks like the ruins of the Clinton Castle that was up on Clinton Rd. off of Rt. 23. But that site was demolished a couple of years ago. But I'm sure there are a ton of ruins in the woods up there. Kevin

Not much there Hey AJ1957, I agree with you. There isn't really a whole lot there on that side of NJ. My guess would be that over the years so many people have gotten tired of water and flooding problems that it keeps anything major from happening there. You get a full moon high tide with a...

seabreeze I checked out Seabreeze a couple of years ago in early March. It was super cold that day and I didn't see a soul out there. Parked on the side of the road and just walked around. Not really a whole lot to see, but it is a neat place. Try and get out there an hour or two before sunset...

I read about this site a while back and I never thought it would still be there until I talked to a friend about the place. I checked it out and sure enough, there it all was. Here is a link to my set of photos on it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinhooa/sets/72157607802209836/ Kevin