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NJ Pine Barrens Maritime-Culture-Landscape 1 1 2024

Pine Barrens forests, striking waterways, narrow lakes, bogs, ghost towns, furnaces and more. NJ Pinelands National Reserve landscape tells the tale of a time when glaciers covered this land, when ship-building towns ruled, when Ben Franklin spoke of preserving the one million acres of the Pine Barrens, when pirates sailed and where NJ sets the standard of heritage. This 500 page presentation of the Pinelands National Reserve maritime cultural landscapes, shows a great expanse of time. It includes six major Pinelands National Reserve watersheds: Rancocas Creek, Toms River, Mullica River, Great Egg Harbor River, Maurice River, Cohansey River. Explore, discover, enjoy a peek into the Pinelands National Reserve fascinating maritime landscapes, more often forgotten than remembered. A step back in time, a step forward to the future.

Pine Barrens forests, striking waterways, narrow lakes, bogs, ghost towns, furnaces and more.
NJ Pinelands National Reserve landscape tells the tale of a time when glaciers covered this land, when ship-building towns ruled, when Ben Franklin spoke of preserving the one million acres of the Pine Barrens, when pirates sailed and where NJ sets the standard of heritage. This 500 page presentation of the Pinelands National Reserve maritime cultural landscapes, shows a great expanse of time. It includes six major Pinelands National Reserve watersheds: Rancocas Creek, Toms River, Mullica River, Great Egg Harbor River, Maurice River, Cohansey River. Explore, discover, enjoy a peek into the Pinelands National Reserve fascinating maritime landscapes, more often forgotten than remembered. A step back in time, a step forward to the future.

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Charcoal<br />

Charcoal from old growth, 2 nd and 3 rd growth pine<br />

barrens forests. Repeating cutting of immature<br />

woodlands.<br />

Located near water transportation<br />

Exported for cooking fuel to New York and<br />

Philadelphia<br />

Used by the wagon load at the Rancocas Creek<br />

Texas plant site.<br />

1850’s 50 schooner’s made regular runs from<br />

Mullica River to NCY.<br />

1870’s Captain J.R. Crowley stood on Green Bank<br />

Bridge, counted 57 masts on the Mullica River<br />

loaded w charcoal, timber and glass for New York<br />

US Mint, Philadelphia used <strong>NJ</strong>PLNR charcoal<br />

Rancocas Pathways 489

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