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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTK6_the-alloway-creek-watershed_Salem-NJ.html
The Alloway Creek WatershedWetland Restoration SiteThe Alloway Creek Watershed Site encompasses approximately 3,096 acres of wetland and upland edge in Elsinboro and Lower Alloway Creek Township, Salem County. This site follows the north side of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTK4_waving-acres-of-grass_Salem-NJ.html
Salt marshes are one of the most productive habitats in the world and possess many surprising qualities and benefits - protecting the mainland from flooding and the effects of erosion, filtering sediments and some pollutants from the water, and pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOC4_esther-hetty-saunders_Salem-NJ.html
Esther "Hetty" Saunders was a remarkable woman of color who began her life in the early 1790s as a slave in Delaware. In 1800, her father saw an opportunity to escape to freedom with his children, crossing the Delaware River into Elsinboro, Salem …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGYE_delaware-memorial-bridge_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
1951 — 1968South Span — Dedicated August 16, 1951North Span — Dedicated September 12, 1968Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey dedicated these bridges on September 12, 1968 to the men and women of the State of Delaware and the State…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEKA_1872-construction_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
The original 1872 plans specified that eleven gun emplacements with twenty guns and a mortar battery with six emplacements were to be built. Only two gun emplacements and two magazines were ever completed, the magazines are still visible to your l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEK6_switchboard-room-plotting-room_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Switchboard RoomA central Switchboard room is where all the important communications emanated. By means of this switchboard, all base lines were made interchangeable. A distribution switchboard was installed in a switchboard room as a standard pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEK5_generator-room_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
The forts electrical plant was placed in a room sixteen feet by thirty feet in the west end of the main battery. The original plans for generating electrical power at the battery used a coal fired steam system. Two 25 kilowatt General Electric dyn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEJS_the-wharf_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
The construction of a fortification the size of Fort Mott required the delivery of a large amount of materials and equipment. The river provided an excellent "highway" and the government constructed a wharf to receive the construction materials. E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEJR_the-latrines_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Two latrines were built within the parados for soldiers assigned to the gun batterys. The bathrooms each had several toilets for enlisted men, a private stall for officers and a large cast-iron urinal.
Toilets were similar to our modern flush t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEJP_battery-commanders-station_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
After the two 5-inch guns were removed in 1917, an observation station was built over one of the original gun emplacements. This structure, the battery commander's station for Battery Arnold, was made of reinforced concrete at a cost of $850.00. I…