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Municipal Harbor – Atlantic Highlands NJ

Municipal Harbor - Atlantic Highlands NJ

Municipal Harbor - Atlantic Highlands NJ

Photo: Bob Hespe © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND August 2020

Municipal Harbor - Atlantic Highlands NJ

Municipal Harbor - Atlantic Highlands NJ

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Maritime: Harbors, Ports & Lighthouses
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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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.

Project originally submitted by Bob Hespe on November 26, 2020.

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Location Info

Municipal Harbor
Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey 07716

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 40.4162019, -74.0320336

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