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| Author: | mfmalk [ Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Railroad tracks on a New Jersey shore beach |
http://www.losttracksoftime.com/p1031465404 Shifting sands have revealed a piece of history on the beach of Cape May, NJ. More than 100 feet of rusted, weathered, and preserved railroad track suddenly appeared along Sunset Beach last week. In the early 1900's the tracks led to the Cape May Sand Co., but shifting sand from storms covered them up decades ago. According to historians, the last time these railroad tracks were exposed was back in the 1935. The sand-mining operation began in 1905 and operated into the 1930s. Old pictures show steam shovels being used to dig up beach and dune sand. It was dumped into open train cars and hauled to an outdoor sorting facility nearby and then to a six-story, clapboard-sided wash house to sift out the seashells. The processed sand was then sent to glass factories. Old piling and piping are also showing up on the beach; part of the intake and outfall piping. I captured the above linked photos on Sunday. In a few of the photos a sunken ship can be seen, it is the concrete-constructed S.S. Atlantus. Launched in 1918, during a 1926 violent storm it slipped its mooring and plunged bow-first into the sand. Several attempts were made to free the transport ship, but none were successful. Enjoy, Matthew |
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| Author: | Trolleyguy [ Wed Nov 19, 2014 11:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Railroad tracks on a New Jersey shore beach |
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. This is the kind of stuff of which archaeological finds are made. Maybe a NYC Hudson will turn up next. |
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| Author: | Alan Walker [ Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Railroad tracks on a New Jersey shore beach |
It never ceases to amaze me what water will do to iron and steel given enough time. Nature always wins. |
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| Author: | Howard P. [ Wed Nov 19, 2014 3:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Railroad tracks on a New Jersey shore beach |
Reminds me of some rail taken out of a grade crossings, after many years! |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:35 pm ] |
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Alan Walker wrote: It never ceases to amaze me what SALT water will do to iron and steel given enough time. Nature always wins. Fixed that for you. |
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