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The Storyof New Jersey'scivil Boundaries 1606- 1968
THE STORYOF NEW JERSEY'SCIVIL BOUNDARIES 1606- 1968 JOHN E SNYDER NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF NEW JERSEY James E. McGreevey, Governor Department of Environmental Protection Bradley M. Campbell, Commissioner Land Use Management Ernest P. Hahn, Assistant Commissioner Geological Survey Karl Muessig, State Geologist NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 67 THE STORYOF NEW JERSEY'SCIVILBOUNDARIES 1606- 1968 by John P. Snyder First Edition Bureau of Geology and Topography Trenton, New Jersey 1969 Reprinted New Jersey Geological Survey 2004 NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF _EW JEIRSEY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTROBERT A. ROOFE,COCONSEI_VATIONM_4tSStONE_R We are pleased to sponsor this fine text detailing the history of New lersey's civilboundaries. Previous compilations certainly must not be overlooked for their contemporary values within their chosen scopes. However, this book, with respect to both quality and quantity of information, is the most comprehensive of its kind ever published. It is entirelyfittingand proper to dedicate this volume to the Land Surveyors of this State. These are the men who, for over three hundred years, have repeatedly walked the length and breadth of New lersey, often crossing nearly impassable terraln,in order to physically implement the boundary lines established by State and local governmental agencies. Robert A. Roe Commis sioner December a 1968 NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Foreword ............................................................................. xi -
Final 2012 NHLPA Report Noapxb.Pub
GSA Office of Real Property Utilization and Disposal 2012 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS REPORT NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Lighthouses have played an important role in America’s For More Information history, serving as navigational aids as well as symbols of our rich cultural past. Congress passed the National Information about specific light stations in the Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act (NHLPA) in 2000 to NHLPA program is available in the appendices and establish a lighthouse preservation program that at the following websites: recognizes the cultural, recreational, and educational National Park Service Lighthouse Heritage: value of these iconic properties, especially for local http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/lt_index.htm coastal communities and nonprofit organizations as stewards of maritime history. National Park Service Inventory of Historic Light Stations: http://www.nps.gov/maritime/ltsum.htm Under the NHLPA, historic lighthouses and light stations (lights) are made available for transfer at no cost to Federal agencies, state and local governments, and non-profit organizations (i.e., stewardship transfers). The NHLPA Progress To Date: NHLPA program brings a significant and meaningful opportunity to local communities to preserve their Since the NHLPA program’s inception in 2000, 92 lights maritime heritage. The program also provides have been transferred to eligible entities. Sixty-five substantial cost savings to the United States Coast percent of the transferred lights (60 lights) have been Guard (USCG) since the historic structures, expensive to conveyed through stewardship transfers to interested repair and maintain, are no longer needed by the USCG government or not-for-profit organizations, while 35 to meet its mission as aids to navigation. -
National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act 2014 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
GSA Office of Real Property Utilization and Disposal National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act 2014 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Lighthouses play an important role in America’s cultural For More Information: history, serving as aids to navigation (ATONs) for Information about specific lights in the NHLPA program is maritime vessels since before America’s founding. As a available at the following websites: way to preserve these pieces of our national heritage, Congress passed the National Historic Lighthouse National Park Service Lighthouse Heritage: Preservation Act (NHLPA) in 2000. The NHLPA http://www.nps.gov/maritime/nhlpa/intro.htm recognizes the importance of lighthouses and light General Services Administration Property Sales: stations (collectively called “lights”) to maritime traffic www.realestatesales.gov and the historical, cultural, recreational, and educational value of these iconic properties, especially for coastal communities and nonprofit organizations that serve as stewards who are dedicated to their continued Purpose of the Report: preservation. Through the NHLPA, Federal agencies, state and local governments, and not-for-profit This report outlines: organizations (non-profits) can obtain historic lights at no 1) The history of the NHLPA program; cost through stewardship transfers. If suitable public stewards are not found for a light, GSA will sell the light 2) The roles and responsibilities of the three Federal in a public auction (i.e., a public sale). Transfer deeds partner agencies executing the program; include covenants in the conveyance document to 3) Calendar Year1 2014 highlights and historical protect the light’s historic features and/or preserve disposal trends of the program; accessibility for the public. -
2016-2017 NHLPA Program Highlights Report National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act 2016-2017 NHLPA Program Highlights Report
GSA Office of Real Property Utilization and Disposal 2016-2017 NHLPA Program Highlights Report National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act 2016-2017 NHLPA Program Highlights Report Executive Summary Congress passed the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Purpose of the Report Act (NHLPA) in 2000 to recognize the importance of lighthouses and light stations (collectively called “lights”) for maritime traffic. This report provides Coastal communities and not-for-profit organizations (non-profits) 1. An overview of the NHLPA; also appreciate the historical, cultural, recreational, and educational value of these iconic properties. 2. The roles and responsibilities of the three Federal partner agencies executing the program; Over time and for various reasons, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) may determine a light is excess property. Through the NHLPA, 3. Calendar Year1 2016 and 2017 highlights and historical Federal agencies; state and local governments; and non-profits disposal trends of the program; can obtain an excess historic light at no cost through stewardship 4. A discussion of reconciliation of changes from past reports; transfers. If suitable public stewards are not found for an excess light, the General Services Administration (GSA) will sell the light 5. A look back at lighthouses transferred in 2002, the first year in a public auction (i.e. a public sale). GSA transferred lights through the NHLPA program; and GSA includes covenants in the transfer documentation to protect 6. Case studies on various NHLPA activities in 2016 and 2017. and maintain the historic features of the lights. Many of these lights remain active aids-to-navigation (“ATONs”), and continue to guide maritime traffic under their new stewards, in coordination with the USCG. -
Robbins Reef Light Station NOA & Fact Sheet
NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT OF 2000 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY Robbins Reef Light Station Offshore in Upper New York Bay near Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey June 15, 2009 The light station property (“the Property”) described on the attached sheet has been determined to be excess to the needs of the United States Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security. Pursuant to the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, 16 U.S.C. 470 (NHLPA), this Property is being made available at no cost to eligible entities defined as Federal agencies, state and local agencies, non-profit corporations, educational agencies, or community development organizations for educational, park, recreational, cultural or historic preservation purposes. Any eligible entity with an interest in acquiring the described property for a use consistent with the purposes stated above should submit a letter of interest to the address listed below by 60 (sixty) days from the date of this Notice by close of business on Monday, August 3, 2009. Letters of interest should include: Name of property Name of eligible entity Point of contact, title, address, phone and email Non-profit agencies must provide a copy of their state-certified articles of incorporation Eligible entities which submit a written letter of interest will be sent an application from the United States Department of the Interior and given an opportunity to inspect the property. Building inspectors and/or contractors may accompany the applicant on the site visit. The completed application must be submitted to the Dept. of Interior within 90 days after site inspection. The Dept. of Interior will review applications and may select a steward to receive the Property. -
Historic in This Issue: Preservation Reclaiming the Revolution Promoting Our Past
Winter 2006 Historic In This Issue: Preservation Reclaiming the Revolution Promoting Our Past................1 Annual Report Greetings!................................2 • New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection • • Natural & Historic Resources • Historic Preservation Office • Reaching Out...........................4 16th Annual New Jersey Historic Preservation Awards..................................... 5 Reclaiming the Revolution Cultural Resources GIS: Highlands Data & Beyond.......6 Local Government Promoting Our Past Assistance................................7 Protecting Resources.............8 ook closely into New Jersey’s past and you will find the seeds of its The Federal Historic present and its future. Preservationists, historians, archaeologists Rehabilitation Tax Credit and educators know that few other states retain as much of the Program in New Jersey............9 Revolutionary era as New Jersey. Thus, few offer so many possibilities to appreciate the conditions and ways of life that shaped America at the Transportation.......................10 L birth of the republic. However, the Revolutionary War landscapes and Sinkings & Sinkholes: sites of New Jersey have lacked a network through which they can communicate. Subterranean & Interaction among sites has been minimal with little statewide coordination in Subaqueous Survey................11 management, educational planning, interpretation or local government relations. The New Jersey & National That was the past. Registers of Historic Places Program......................12 -
You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library
You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION A TRI-STATE WATER AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY 2001 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION Formerly the INTERSTATE SANITATION COMMISSION You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS CONNECTICUT NEW JERSEY John Atkin Wayne D. DeFeo Chairman Vice Chair Richard Blumenthal George T. DiFerdinando, Jr. Jeanette Brown Frank A. Pecci Joxel Garcia, M.D. Robert C. Shinn, Jr. Arthur J. Rocque, Jr. John E. Walsh NEW YORK Donna B. Gerstle Vice Chair Gerard J. Kassar Treasurer Judith L. Baron Erin M. Crotty Rose Trentman *** ** * Howard Golub Eileen D. Millett Executive Secretary Counsel You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION STAFF Howard Golub Executive Director and Chief Engineer Eileen D. Millett General Counsel Engineering Laboratory Peter L. Sattler Pradyot Patnaik Nicholas S. Protopsaltis Evelyn R. Powers Brian J. Mitchell Angela Ward Field Investigation Administrative William M. McCormack Carmen L. Leon Bonnie P. Hickey Valentini Tsekeridou Alexander R. Lochner Elizabeth M. Morgan John M. Rutledge Fay L. Lau Part Time Jacques N. Khoury - Lab Laura I. Silver - Legal You Are Viewing an Archived Report from the New Jersey State Library DEDICATION OF THE 2001 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTERSTATE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION This 2001 Annual Report of the Interstate Environmental Commission is dedicated t o t he memory of those who lost their lives in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, t he P entagon and in southwestern Pennsylvania, and to their families, friends and colleagues. -
June Beam 2007
The Beam Journal of the New Jersey Lighthouse Society, Inc. www.njlhs.org IN QUEST OF THE KEEPERS Rich & Elinor Veit The restoration of Absecon Lighthouse started house Service shortly after Absecon Lighthouse with a Historic Structure Report. This massive was established as an aide to navigation. John document listed six men who served as light- Nixon stayed on and became the third principal house keepers. However, it also said that there keeper at Absecon. Later Daniel Albertson and were always three keepers at the light station. It Frank Adams, who were brothers-in-law, served was this information, or rather a lack of complete at the same time as assistant keepers. Our re- information, that stirred our curiosity. It set us search found that 26 men and one woman served out on a quest to rebuild the history of the light- as keepers of the lighthouse. The lone woman house keepers to go along with the history of lighthouse keeper was the wife of Abraham Wolf, the lighthouse. principal keeper at that time. Our pursuit took us to quite a number of research At the Heritage Center we also found a treasure facilities. We started with the National Archives trove of photographs of Absecon lighthouse, in Washington, D.C. On microfilm we found the but pictures of only four keepers and none of assignments of the keepers and the dates they their family members. There seems to be an end- served at Absecon, where they came from if they less supply of photographs of the lighthouse, were previously in the Lighthouse Service and but very few of the keepers and their families. -
Subchapter P—Ports and Waterways Safety
SUBCHAPTER P—PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PART 160—PORTS AND without the benefit of package, label, WATERWAYS SAFETY—GENERAL mark or count and carried in integral or fixed independent tanks. Subpart A—General Captain of the Port means the Coast Guard officer designated by the Com- Sec. mandant to command a Captain of the 160.1 Purpose. Port Zone as described in part 3 of this 160.3 Definitions. chapter. 160.5 Delegations. Commandant means the Commandant 160.7 Appeals. of the United States Coast Guard. Subpart B—Control of Vessel and Facility Commanding Officer, Vessel Traffic Operations Services means the Coast Guard officer designated by the Commandant to 160.101 Purpose. command a Vessel Traffic Service 160.103 Applicability. (VTS) as described in part 161 of this 160.105 Compliance with orders. chapter. 160.107 Denial of entry. Deviation means any departure from 160.109 Waterfront facility safety. 160.111 Special orders applying to vessel op- any rule in this subchapter. erations. District Commander means the Coast 160.113 Prohibition of vessel operation and Guard officer designated by the Com- cargo transfers. mandant to command a Coast Guard 160.115 Withholding of clearance. District as described in part 3 of this chapter. Subpart C—Notifications of Arrival, Haz- ETA means estimated time of arrival. ardous Conditions, and Certain Dan- Length of Tow means, when towing gerous Cargoes with a hawser, the length in feet from 160.201 General. the stern of the towing vessel to the 160.202 Applicability. stern of the last vessel in tow. When 160.203 Exemptions. -
2011 Program Highlights Report
NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT 20112011 PROGRAMPROGRAM HIGHLIGHTSHIGHLIGHTS REPORTREPORT NHLPA 2011 Program Highlights Report NHLPA Program Overview National NHLPA Program Accomplishments The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 (NHLPA), P.L. 106-355 amended the National Since enactment of NHLPA in 2000*, 84 light stations Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA). The have been conveyed to new public and private Department of Homeland Security’s United States stewards through no-cost transfers and public sales. Of Coast Guard (USCG), the Department of Interior’s the 84 light stations conveyed, 56 light stations have National Park Service (NPS), and the General Services been conveyed through no-cost transfers, and 28 light Administration (GSA) implement the NHLPA program stations were sold to private entities (Table 1). through a unique federal partnership aimed at preserving the historical and cultural significance of Table 1: Total No-Cost Transfers, and Public Sales America’s historic light stations. See Appendix A for a summary of the light stations that NHLPA gives priority to public entities and non-profit No-Cost Transfers 56 organizations to acquire a historic light station at no- Public Sales 28 cost (i.e. conveyed without monetary consideration) Total 84 through a competitive application process administered by NPS. If a potential steward cannot be have been conveyed in the NHLPA program as of identified through this process, NHLPA authorizes GSA December 2011. The aggregate number of no-cost to conduct a public sale of the light station. Figure 1 transfers and public sales peaked in 2011, when 14 below summarizes each of the three Federal agency’s light stations were transferred through the NHLPA roles and responsibilities in the NHLPA process. -
Historic Preservation Annual Report
Winter 2006 Historic In This Issue: Preservation Reclaiming the Revolution Promoting Our Past................1 Annual Report Greetings!................................2 • New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection • • Natural & Historic Resources • Historic Preservation Office • Reaching Out...........................4 16th Annual New Jersey Historic Preservation Awards..................................... 5 Reclaiming the Revolution Cultural Resources GIS: Highlands Data & Beyond.......6 Local Government Promoting Our Past Assistance................................7 Protecting Resources.............8 ook closely into New Jersey’s past and you will find the seeds of its The Federal Historic present and its future. Preservationists, historians, archaeologists Rehabilitation Tax Credit and educators know that few other states retain as much of the Program in New Jersey............9 Revolutionary era as New Jersey. Thus, few offer so many possibilities to appreciate the conditions and ways of life that shaped America at the Transportation.......................10 L birth of the republic. However, the Revolutionary War landscapes and Sinkings & Sinkholes: sites of New Jersey have lacked a network through which they can communicate. Subterranean & Interaction among sites has been minimal with little statewide coordination in Subaqueous Survey................11 management, educational planning, interpretation or local government relations. The New Jersey & National That was the past. Registers of Historic Places Program......................12 -
Great Beds Light Offshore in Raritan Bay Middlesex County, New Jersey
NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT OF 2000 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY JULY 2, 2010 Great Beds Light Offshore in Raritan Bay Middlesex County, New Jersey Great Beds Light (“the Property”) described on the attached sheet has been determined to be excess to the needs of the Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard (USCG). Pursuant to the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, 16 U.S.C. 470 (NHLPA), this Property is being made available at no cost to eligible entities defined as Federal agencies, state and local agencies, non-profit corporations, educational agencies, or community development organizations for educational, park, recreational, cultural or historic preservation purposes. Under Section 309 of the NHLPA, the Property will be sold if it is not transferred to a public body or non-profit organization. Any eligible entity with an interest in acquiring the described Property for a use consistent with the purposes stated above should submit a letter of interest to the address listed below by 60 days from the date of this Notice. Letters of interest should include: Name of property Name of eligible entity Point of contact, title, address, phone and email Non-profit agencies must provide a copy of their state-certified articles of incorporation Eligible entities which submit a written letter of interest will be sent an application from the Department of the Interior National Park Service (NPS) and given an opportunity to inspect the property. Building inspectors and/or contractors may accompany the applicant on the site visit. The completed application must be submitted to the NPS within 90 days from the date of inspection.