📜Historical Events1850s
Did you know this about Barnegat Light?
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Lieutenant George Meade designed the Barnegat Lighthouse in 1857. Six years later, he would lead Union forces to victory at Gettysburg.
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German U-boats sank over 100 ships off the Jersey Shore during WWII. Debris from the SS Morro Castle, torpedoed near Long Beach Island, still lies on the ocean floor.
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Beach Haven's Engleside Inn was a favorite of wealthy Philadelphians in the late 1800s, when the town was only accessible by boat from Tuckerton.
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During Prohibition, the Jersey Shore was a hotbed for rum runners. Ships anchored just outside the 3-mile limit while speedboats made nighttime deliveries to shore.