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Sandy Hook Light

The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles (2.4 km) inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. It was designed and built on June 11, 1764 by Isaac Conro. At that time, it stood only 500 feet (150 metres) from the tip of Sandy Hook; however, today, due to growth caused by littoral drift, it is almost one and a half miles (2.4 km) inland from the tip. It was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966, for its significance in commerce and transportation. History The light was built to aid mariners entering the southern end of the New York Harbor. It was originally called New York Lighthouse because it was funded through a New York Assembly lottery and a tax on all ships entering the Port of New York. During the Revolutionary War, the lighthouse survived an attempt to destroy it as an aid to British navigation by Benjamin Tupper, and subsequent occupation by British soldiers. Almost two years after the State of New York ratified the U.S. Constitution, the lighthouse was transferred to federal authority. George Washington wrote to the Senate on April 5, 1790, "I have directed my private secretary to lay before you copies of three acts of the legislature of New York ... An act for vesting in the United States of America the light-house and the lands thereunto belonging at Sandy Hook". The lighthouse is located on the grounds of Fort Hancock. In 1990, the U.S. Postal Service issued a 25 cent stamp featuring the Sandy Hook Lighthouse. Today Sandy Hook Lighthouse, which was restored in spring 2000, is part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area administered by the National Park Service. Tour times can be found at the park website. The view from the top includes the Atlantic Ocean, Sandy Hook Bay and the New York City skyline. In popular culture On September 18, 2009 the Sandy Hook Light was filmed as a fictional backdrop for final episode of the longest running soap opera Guiding Light. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey Lightship Ambrose Geography of New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Raritan Bayshore Further reading Zornow, William Frank (1954). "The Sandy Hook Lighthouse Incident of 1787". The Journal of Economic History. 14 (3): 261–266. Notes External links Media related to Sandy Hook Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-326, "Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Fort Hancock, Fort Hancock, Monmouth County, NJ", 2 photos, 6 measured drawings, 7 data pages Sandy Hook Lighthouse at American Byways New Jersey Lighthouse Society Home Page: Sandy Hook Lighthouse Archived 2020-02-22 at the Wayback Machine Sandy Hook Lighthouse from Lighthousefriends.com
Faro di Sandy Hook

Il faro di Sandy Hook è un faro statunitense situato sull'omonimo banco di sabbia, che si trova al largo della cittadina di Middletown in New Jersey, di fronte all'ingresso della baia di New York. Costruito nel 1764, è il faro ancora funzionante più antico degli Stati Uniti. Storia Originariamente chiamato faro di New York essendo stato edificato per aiutare le navi in avvicinamento del porto della città, il faro venne costruito sotto la supervisione del costruttore newyorkese Isaac Conro ed entrò in funzione l'11 giugno 1764. La sua costruzione, così come l'acquisto di alcuni acri di terreno sull'isolotto di Sandy Hook, erano stati parzialmente finanziati tramite la vendita dei biglietti di due lotterie. Nel 1867 il faro venne equipaggiato con una lente di Fresnel e nel 1888 la stazione venne elettrificata. L'11 giugno 1964, in occasione del duecentesimo anniversario della sua entrata in servizio, il faro è stato dichiarato National Historic Landmark. Descrizione Il faro è composto da una torre ottagonale in muratura dipinta di bianco alta 26 metri, con un diametro alla base di 8,8 metri che diminuisce salendo verso l'alto fino ai 4,6 metro della sommità. La lanterna in cima alla torre è equipaggiata con una lente di Fresnel del terzo ordine. Accanto alla torre si trova un edificio in stile vittoriano risalente al 1883 un tempo utilizzata come abitazione dei custodi. Note Voci correlate Luce di Boston Faro di Capo Henry Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Faro di Sandy Hook Collegamenti esterni Faro di Sandy Hook, su archINFORM.
Sandy Hook fyr

Sandy Hook fyr är en fyr som står omkring 2,4 kilometer från spetsen av landtungan Sandy Hook i New Jersey vid inloppet till New York Harbor i USA. Fyren är den äldsta i USA som fortfarande är i drift. Den ritades av muraren Isaac Conro från New York och tändes första gången den 11 juni 1764. Fyren stod ursprungligen 150 meter från havet men sandflykt och erosion har flyttat kustlinjen. Under det amerikanska frihetskriget ockuperades fyrplatsen av brittiska trupper. Den 26 meter höga fyren är byggd av sten och klädd med tegel. Det ottakantiga tornet är vitmålat och hopbyggt med fyrvaktarbostaden. Lanterninen är rödmålad. Fyrapparaten, som är försedd med en Fresnel-lins av tredje ordningen, visar ett fast vitt sken dygnet runt. Lysvidden är 19 sjömil. Fyren, som förvaltas av National Park Service, är utsett till National Historic Landmark. Den renoverades 2000 och 2017 och fyrvaktarbostaden byggdes om till besökscenter och museum 2005–2006. Fyrplatsen är öppen dagligen och fyren kan besökas, Källor Externa länkar Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Sandy Hook fyr.
Sayen Park Botanical Garden

Sayen Park Botanical Garden (30 acres), also known as Sayen House and Gardens, is a municipal park and botanical garden located at 155 Hughes Drive, Hamilton Square, an area within Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The garden is open year-round from dawn to dusk without charge, though park activity is at its peak in the spring. The garden began in 1912 when Frederick Sayen (1885–1981) purchased the site with his wife, Anne Mellon (1886–1977), a daughter of the Mellon family. The Sayens built a "bungalow" home in the Arts and Crafts style, though with Victorian interior design, and surrounded it with plants and flowers acquired during world travels. The principal collections include species from China, Japan, and England. The Sayen site became municipal property in 1988, when Hamilton Township purchased the site from developer David Cellars. The park was opened to the public in 1991. The township expanded and improved the park in 2003. Today the garden contains more than 1,000 azaleas, nearly 500 rhododendrons, and more than 250,000 flowering bulbs for spring display, as well as ponds, bridges, gazebos, and walking trails. Sayen House and Gardens hosts an annual Azalea Festival each Mother's Day, during which Sayen House is open to the public from 10AM to 4PM. Pollution On September 1, 2006, an article in the Times of Trenton disclosed that New Jersey officials were warned about pollution at the Sayen House and Gardens site three days before the park opened in 1991. According to an anonymous source in 1991, the site had been used "for years" as a dumping ground for "waste chemicals and solid debris" from the now-defunct Mercer Rubber Company site located across the street at 136 Mercer Street. The Mercer Rubber Company was also formerly owned by the Sayen family. Former employees have corroborated the anonymous 1991 complaint, adding that a "pipe underneath the plant carried waste to a stream that ran through the Sayen Gardens property and eventually to Miry Run Brook." Local residents had noted what they believed to be elevated instances of some types of cancer among people who lived within a one-mile radius of the park. Officials investigated, noting that the instance of certain types of cancer were indeed elevated in the area. They were, however, unable to establish a causal link to the Mercer Rubber Company debris. At a September 13, 2006 meeting with local residents held at the Nottingham Firehouse, just yards from the old Mercer Rubber site and Sayen Park, state officials admitted to concerned residents that their findings reported in the Public Health Assessment are incomplete. The study did not include testing of groundwater or include data from residents who moved away or those who were diagnosed with cancer before 1979. See also List of botanical gardens in the United States References External links Sayen House and Gardens - Hamilton Township
Sayre and Fisher Reading Room

The Sayre and Fisher Reading Room, in Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, was constructed in 1883 for recreational use and for showcasing the Sayre and Fisher Brick Company ornamental products. Also known as Sayreville Hall, it was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It served as the town's unofficial library. Sayre and Fisher Brick Company was established in 1850 by James R. Sayre, Jr., and Peter Fisher, and later became one of the USA's leading manufacturers of building brick, fire brick, and enamel brick. In 1876 the area around the village then known as Wood's Landing was renamed Sayreville, after the company's co-founder. It eventually acquired most factories along the Raritan River, and by 1905 operated a two-mile-long complex with 13 separate yards. By 1912, production reached 62 million bricks a year, providing employment for a large part of the local population, some of whom lived in company housing. The complex included a power plant, granary, bakery, slaughterhouse, coal yard, ice plant, general store, machine shop, and blacksmith shop. Among the structures built with bricks from the company are the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the base of the Statue of Liberty, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Brick manufacturing declined in the Great Depression, but recovered and stayed profitable into the 1960s. The Sayre and Fisher plant closed in 1970. While most of the industrial buildings were razed, the reading room and some housing buildings remain. The water tower has been restored. See also List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey References
Scarborough Bridge

The Scarborough Bridge is a wooden covered bridge in the Barclay Farm neighborhood of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. It carries 2 lanes of Covered Bridge Road, as well as 2 sidewalks for pedestrians and bicyclists. The bridge was named after Bob Scarborough, a housing developer who established the Barclay Farm neighborhood, where the bridge is located. A bridge was needed in the area to extend the subdivision street system over the North Branch, which is a small tributary of the Cooper River. The bridge was designed by Malcolm Wells and was open to traffic on February 14, 1959. The bridge was renovated in 1993. Having a town truss design, the Scarborough Bridge is considered a historical landmark for the community. References External links Media related to Scarborough Bridge at Wikimedia Commons Throwback Thursday: Scarborough Covered Bridge stands out in Cherry Hill history
Schuyler–Colfax House

The Schuyler–Colfax House is located at 2343 Paterson Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1695 by Arent Schuyler. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1973, for its significance in architecture. History Completed as a one-room farmhouse in 1695 by Arent Schuyler, the Schuyler homestead was passed to Arent Schuyler's great granddaughter Hester Schuyler who married William Colfax, commander of George Washington's Life Guards. Their grandson, Schuyler Colfax, Jr., was the 17th Vice President of the United States. The Dutch Colonial style addition to the originally brick and field-stone building was added by Colfax in 1783. Despite the 20th century alteration of the structure to add dormers in place of "belly-windows," the Schuyler–Colfax House was added to the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 1965, a decision based upon surviving historic features and the important role the Schuyler–Colfax family has played in local history. Today, the building operates as a museum (though it is temporarily closed to the public) after having been purchased in 1994 by Wayne Township from Dr. Jane Colfax. Until then, the house had been continuously owned and lived in by the Colfax family. See also List of Washington's Headquarters during the Revolutionary War List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey National Register of Historic Places listings in Passaic County, New Jersey Martin Berry House References External links Media related to Schuyler-Colfax House at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-122, "Schuyler–Colfax House, Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike, Pompton, Passaic County, NJ", 6 photos, 17 measured drawings, 5 data pages, supplemental material Wayne Township Parks and Recreation Department
Sea Serpent (Morey's Piers)

Sea Serpent is a steel roller coaster at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey. Opened in 1984, it was built by Vekoma, and was the first boomerang-style coaster to be built in the US. The coaster's installation was part of a redevelopment of the Marine Pier into a new Mariner's Landing area in 1984. The Sea Serpent currently sits in the middle of Mariners Landing and serves as an icon for the pier along with The Giant Wheel. Riders board yellow, orange and green trains to go with the theme. It is a single train with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders. The train begins its backwards climb up the first of the ride's two 116 foot lift hills, both of which are placed diagonally towards each other. The train continues to slowly rise for thirty seconds before dropping at forty-seven miles per hour right through the station and through the coaster's first inversion, a Cobra Roll, exerting as many as 5.2 g's on riders throughout the two elements. The train then goes through a Loop before ending up on the second lift section. The second lift pulls riders upwards for a few seconds, then releases, sending riders backwards. The train encounters the loop first this time, only to then go through the cobra roll once again which leads riders back through the station and partially up the first lift section again. The train then slowly lowers back down into the station, having sent riders through 935 feet of three inversions in total, both forwards and backwards. During the 2019-2020 off season, the ride underwent a makeover, which includes replacing the second lift hill, brakes, and the trains. 1998 incident In June 1998 the coaster suffered its first ever accident, injuring 14 of the 23 riders on board, some of whom were stranded upside down. According to Will Morey, chief executive officer of the Morey Organization, the accident was thought to have been due to a wheel coming off a rear axle, causing the coaster train to jerk to a stop midway through the ride, as it was looping backwards. A less serious incident trapped all 28 riders for four hours in 1984, just two weeks after the ride was installed, after an operator mistakenly engaged a braking system though no serious injuries were reported. References
Sealed Air

Sealed Air Corporation é uma empresa responsável embalagens de produtos perecíveis ou frágeis, em especial o plástico-bolha o seu produto mais famoso. A empresa está sediada em Elmwood Park, New Jersey, sendo Ted Doheny seu diretor executivo. Foi fundada em 1960 por Alfred W. Fielding e Marc Chavannes. Ver também Plástico-bolha Referências Ligações externas Sealed Air
Sealed Air

Sealed Air este producător și distribuitor de ambalaje și utilaje pentru ambalare și activează în 51 de state la nivel mondial de peste 50 de ani. La nivel mondial, grupul a avut venituri cumulate de 4,9 miliarde de dolari în anul 2008. Sealed Air în România Pe piața din România distribuitorul este prezent din 2005 și oferă soluții de ambalare pentru producători precum Chipita, Alka, Supreme Chocolat, Excelent, Trimus Prod, Transavia, Ifantis și Campofrio. Cifra de afaceri în 2008: 6 milioane dolari Note Legături externe www.sealedair.com - Site web oficial
Second Reformed Dutch Church

Second Reformed Dutch Church (also known as Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Church; Ironbound Educational and Igreja Assembleia de deus) is a historic church building at 178-184 Edison Place in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1848 originally for a Dutch Reformed congregation. The building added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It has been home to several other congregations since its founding, including Igreja Assembleia de deus, an Assemblies of God congregation led by Pastor Welbr DosSantos, who is the first missionary sent from Assembleia de Deus, Belo Horizonte, Brasil to the USA. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey References
Segunda Iglesia Neerlandesa Reformada

La Segunda Iglesia Neerlandesa Reformada (también conocida como Iglesia Católica Romana del Monte Carmelo, Ironbound Educational e Igreja Assembleia de Deus) es un edificio histórico eclesiástico situado en Edison Place nº 178-184, en Newark (Estados Unidos). Fue construida en 1848 originalmente para una congregación reformada neerlandesa.​ El edificio se agregó al Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1979.​ Ha sido la sede de varias otras congregaciones desde su fundación, incluida la Igreja Assembleia de Deus, una congregación de las Asambleas de Dios dirigida por el pastor Welbr DosSantos.​ Véase también Anexo:Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en el condado de Essex Referencias
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

The Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library is the institutional archives of Princeton University and is part of the Princeton University Library's department of special collections. The Mudd Library houses two major collection areas: the history of Princeton and the history of twentieth century public policy. The Mudd Library was designed by Hugh Stubbins and cost $2.5 million at the time of its construction. It was the first building to be designed under the University's energy conservation program and was dedicated on October 16, 1976. Its creation was supported by the Seeley G. Mudd Foundation. The Library currently holds 42,000 linear feet of archived material. The building underwent a significant infrastructure renovation in 2020–21, in which the original HVAC, fire suppression, electrical, security, and plumbing systems were modernized, and a number of alterations to the first floor plan led to the creation of an additional seminar room. Notable collections housed at the Mudd Library University archives collections The university archives collections the records of students and faculty at Princeton University, evidence of the university's business, records of student life, and university publications. The university archives is also the repository for Princeton senior theses and doctoral dissertations. The archives were used extensively in the Princeton and Slavery project. Public policy collections The five major collecting areas for public policy at Mudd Library are foreign policy, jurisprudence, journalism, public policy formation, and international development. The library has collected from individuals and organizations that influenced these areas in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. American Civil Liberties Union Americans United for Separation of Church and State Association on American Indian Affairs Bernard Baruch James A. Baker III Grover Cleveland Council on Foreign Relations Allen Welsh Dulles John Foster Dulles Freedom House John Marshall Harlan II Richard Holbrooke George F. Kennan Arthur Krock George McGovern H. Alexander Smith Adlai Stevenson Paul Volcker Woodrow Wilson Charles W. Yost References External links Official website Mudd Manuscript Library Blog Princeton University Finding Aids
Seven Stars Tavern (New Jersey)

Seven Stars Tavern is a historic building located at the junction of Sharptown-Swedesboro Road and Woodstown-Auburn Road in Pilesgrove Township of Salem County, New Jersey and near Woodstown. The building was built in 1762 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1976, for its significance in architecture, military, and social history. It is now a private residence. History Peter Lauterbach built this two and one-half story brick building in 1762. It features Flemish bond patterned brickwork with the initials "P L E" and the date. The initials are from his name and his wife's, Elizabeth. It also has a date plaque on another side. His son, John Louderback (note name change), lived in the tavern during the American Revolutionary War. In 1778, British forces raided the tavern in search of him. Legends The tavern is also the focus of ghost stories. In Old Inns and Taverns in West Jersey, the author, Charles S. Boyer, states that "probably more ghost stories are woven around the old Seven Stars Tavern than any similar building in the state." It is said to be haunted. In the early 20th century, the Stephens family lived there and experienced multiple sightings of paranormal activities, including: figures on horseback riding up to the tavern window - which once served as one of the nation's first "drive through" windows during the Revolutionary War times. On one occasion, an infant (Dorothy Stephens) was in a crib in a bedroom when a figure in a white gown bent down over her and appeared to be intent on picking her up. The child's sister (Elizabeth), returning from a night out with friends, saw the figure as she checked on the child and, when she called out, the figure disappeared. In the 1980s, a Philadelphia-based news team performed a live seance in the attic. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem County, New Jersey List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey References External links Media related to Seven Stars Tavern (New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-126, "Seven Star Tavern, Woodstown, Salem County, NJ", 16 photos, 20 measured drawings, 4 data pages, supplemental material