1901 Map of Sandy Hook

About this map

Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Light anchor the northern tip of this coastal survey, where the U.S. Government Railroad connects maritime defenses to the mainland. The shoreline is a dense network of early 20th-century resort culture and industrial infrastructure, from the Sandy Hook Pier down to the established streets of Long Branch City. Further inland, the landscape transitions from the steep Highlands of Navesink to the fertile drainage basins of the Swimming River and Yellow Brook.