Weymouth (schooner)

Weymouth
Nearest city Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1860
Architect Samuel Gaskill
NRHP reference # 85000874[1]
NJRHP # 342[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 25, 1985
Designated NJRHP March 12, 1985

Weymouth was a schooner that carried coal on the Great Egg Harbor River. Built in 1860, she was eventually abandoned and sank in the river's tidal mud flats.[3] Her surviving hulk is located in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The hulk added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 2007.

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Atlantic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 12. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/hamilton/historic-shipwreck-in-mays-landing-draws-little-attention-today/article_4183db5a-4d24-11e2-864b-0019bb2963f4.html


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