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Will do, Jerseyman! Thanks again, my friend.

Yeah. German? :mrgreen:

BTW, I'm thinking that the dam on Sooy's Creek might have been here: http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.544889652053556&lng=-74.49601650238037&z=17&type=nj1930&gpx= It's more visible in the 1951, 56, 57, 63 and 70 aerials.

Jerseyman, Thank you for the feedback! You wrote: Very interesting. I think Section Two confirms your suspicion: What would they have farmed?

Sooy's Landing I just did a little search on google books and found this entry from the Acts of the Sixty-Sixth General Assembly of the State of New Jersey (1841) : So the Landing was there in 1841, but where exactly was this dam? What part of the river is considered the Second Reach?

Come think of it, I'd bet that Sooy's Landing was used by rum runners.

I have been meaning to go to Sooy's Landing, but have not gotten around to it. Kevinhooa has a photo gallery for Sooy's Landing here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinhooa/sets/72157604056095975/ Naturally, I'm interested in knowing the history of this landing. If anyone has any info...

:mrgreen: This one got me thinking aliens when I first noticed it some time back: http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.57343901767609&lng=-74.43678796291351&z=18&type=h&gpx= So what is the logic behind these pools with little islands in them. I'm assuming this is for mosquito...

Guy, I am aware that it is vegetation. Poor word choice on my part. I suppose "vegetable structures" would have been a better choice. ( : In any case, I just figured out the answer to my question. If you look at the 1970 aerial you will notice that these evenly-spaced white circles appear on...

German, Good point about the waterfowl habitat. I hadn't thought of dredge spoils. But that doesn't seem to explain the berms: http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.548248524227596&lng=-74.48000907897949&z=19&type=h&gpx= If it was related to the construction of the Parkway, what...

Allow me to continue talking to myself. :) I'm thinking that the marsh was filled in order to expand these nearby hunting grounds: http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.54387616731348&lng=-74.48235332965851&z=18&type=h&gpx= Seems like that would be a rather expensive project, filling...

I'd bet that this was done by Fish and Game, but I'm still wondering why.

Take a look at this patch of woods in between the Parkway and the Mighty Mullica: http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.545113030372896&lng=-74.47484850883484&z=18&type=h&gpx= This area was all marsh in 1951, but by 1956 it was filled in. But for what purpose? This happened around the...

Attaboy!

How did you like the Victory Storm King Imperial Stout?

Compare 1920 and 1931 again and notice that the western boundary of the island did not really move. Rather, only the eastern side of the island was eroded away, the other side being spared by dunes and maritime forests. Over time, the island indeed did vanish altogether, while LBI has steadily...

Good stuff, 46er. BTW, what is GE?

Historicaerials.com now has the 1920 and 1933 photos of Tucker's Island. Pretty humbling contrast! You can see in the 1920 shot that there was a bridge, a canal, and various buildings. All of that was swallowed by the Atlantic in 1927.

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Really, Jeff? Bob insisted that you don't like to use your musician fingers to pick up trash....