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Richland in Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

This Section of Steel Beam

[9/11 Memorial]

 
 
This Section of Steel Beam Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 22, 2022
1. This Section of Steel Beam Marker
Inscription. This section of steel beam archived as item #4-00896 was recovered from the World Trade Center Towers in remembrance of the 10th anniversary of the tragic September 11, 2001 attacks.
 
Erected 2011 by Buena Vista Exchange Club.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks. In addition, it is included in the World Trade Center Beams series list. A significant historical date for this entry is September 11, 2001.
 
Location. 39° 29.465′ N, 74° 52.151′ W. Memorial is in Buena Vista Township, New Jersey, in Atlantic County. It is in Richland. It is at the intersection of Harding Highway (U.S. 40) and Fir Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Harding Highway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1316 Harding Hwy, Richland NJ 08350, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 9-11-2001 (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); "The Tree Monument" (within shouting distance of this marker); Pennsylvania Railroad Steel Caboose #477466 (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away); Friendship Church (approx. 4.1
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miles away); Weymouth Church (approx. 5 miles away); Weymouth Furnace (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Buena Vista Township.
 
This Section of Steel Beam Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 22, 2022
2. This Section of Steel Beam Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 240 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 23, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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