📜Historical Events1920s
Did you know this about Point Pleasant Beach?
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Did You Know?
Jenkinson's Boardwalk started as a single bathhouse in 1928 and has been family-owned for four generations.
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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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Henry Phipps, who planned to develop Island Beach, was Andrew Carnegie's business partner in U.S. Steel. His estate hunting lodge still stands in the park as the Aeolium nature center.
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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.