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Sewaren in Middlesex County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Arthur Kill
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Staten Island Sound

 
 
Arthur Kill / Staten Island Sound Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by John A. Lande, January 12, 2022
1. Arthur Kill / Staten Island Sound Marker
Inscription.
Arthur Kill - Dutch for back channel
Major navigational waterway
of the Port of NY & NJ
Used for industry and recreation

 
Erected by Woodbridge Township Historic Preservation Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceParks & Recreational Areas.
 
Location. 40° 32.721′ N, 74° 15.234′ W. Marker is in Sewaren, New Jersey, in Middlesex County. It is on Ferry Street east of Cliff Road when traveling east. Located in Captain Carlsen Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sewaren NJ 07077, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s Central Jersey, in Greater Princeton, and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also 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.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Boynton Beach Popular Seaside Resort (within shouting distance of this marker); Cooper-Neuberg House (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cedar Cliff (approx. Ό mile away); Gorham Boynton House (approx. half a mile away); 510 East Avenue (approx. half a mile away); The Second World War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Lawrence Tennant Ballard (approx. half a mile away); Sewaren Free Public Library (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sewaren.
 
Also see . . .  . Arthur Kill (Wikipedia) (Submitted on January 27, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 29, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 21, 2022, by John A. Lande of Woodbridge, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 416 times since then and 44 times this year. Last updated on January 28, 2022, by John A. Lande of Woodbridge, New Jersey. Photo   1. submitted on January 21, 2022, by John A. Lande of Woodbridge, New Jersey. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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