- City:
- Atlantic Highlands, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Maritime: Harbors, Ports & Lighthouses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1941
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Atlantic Highlands municipal harbor was constructed 1939-1941. Of its nearly
$1,000,000 cost, the WPA paid most of it. The Army Corps of Engineers built a
4,000 foot breakwater to protect the harbor.
Source notes
"Atlantic Highlands From Lenape Camp to Bayside Town"
by Paul D. Boyle Arcadia Press 2004.
Site originally submitted by Bob Hespe on November 26, 2020.
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