📜Historical Events1870s
Did you know this about Beach Haven?
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Did You Know?
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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More Historical Events
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The SS Atlantus, a WWI concrete ship, ran aground off Sunset Beach in 1926. Its remains are still visible today and have become a beloved local landmark.
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From the 1920s-1960s, Bradley Beach was known as "Chinatown by the Sea" and had the largest Chinese-American summer community on the East Coast.
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Island Beach became a state park in 1959 after New Jersey purchased the land from the Phipps estate for $2.75 million—a bargain for 10 miles of pristine barrier island.
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