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Shinn Airport

 
 
Shinn Airport Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by John A. Lande
1. Shinn Airport Marker
Inscription.
Shinn Airport
Located on seventy-two acres
in Oak Tree Road
and Wood Avenue vicinity.
Two runways and one hangar.
Post WWII,
Bee Haydu helped run airport
and Ruscoe's Flying Service.
1925-1951

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceEntertainment.
 
Location. 40° 34.397′ N, 74° 19.923′ W. Marker is in Iselin, New Jersey, in Middlesex County. It is at the intersection of Oak Tree Road and Plymouth Drive, on the right when traveling west on Oak Tree Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1546 Oak Tree Road, Iselin NJ 08830, 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, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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
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original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: First Presbyterian Church Of Iselin (approx. half a mile away); St. Cecelia Church (approx. half a mile away); Iselin Chemical Hook and Ladder Co. District 11 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Thomas Edison and the Electric Railway (approx. Ύ mile away); Sarah B. Jordan Boarding House (approx. Ύ mile away); Thomas Edison’s Office 1879 to 1884 (approx. Ύ mile away); Thomas Alva Edison Menlo Park Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Iselin.
 
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Shinn-Woodbridge Airport.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2024, by John A. Lande of Woodbridge, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 493 times since then and 74 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on December 6, 2024, by John A. Lande of Woodbridge, New Jersey. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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