Shadow Lake Dam – Middletown NJ

City:
Middletown, NJ

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Parks and Recreation, Dams

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1936

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

In 1936, after an earthwork dam that protected local roads from being flooded by Shadow Lake washed out, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) re-built it.

Source notes

Red Bank Register, March 12th, 1936. Accessed via Red Bank Public Library archives.

Site originally submitted by Bob Hespe on January 19, 2023.

Location Info


Hubbard Avenue
Middletown, NJ 07701
Monmouth County

Coordinates: 40.35218, -74.08422

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