Colorful Beach Rock Barrier
by Gary Slawsky
Title
Colorful Beach Rock Barrier
Artist
Gary Slawsky
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This beautifully colored rock at Sandy Hook, New Jersey USA serves as a barrier (along with many other not so colorful ones) to keep the ocean from eroding the beach. Such a beautiful item with such a tough job.
Sandy Hook is a 1665 square mile peninsula along the eastern cost of New Jersey that was discovered by Henry Hudson in the early 1600s. This peninsula is located at the southern entrance to New York harbor.
After the Civil War Fort Hancock was establish as a military base, armament proving ground and in the 1950s a Nike missile site. Numerous large bunkers that housed weapons to protect New York Harbor are scattered around the peninsula.
Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974 when it was turned over to the US National Parks Service and managed as part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. Today, Fort Hancock, the proving ground, some bunkers, and nike missile site can be toured as historical monuments of US History. The oldest operating lighthouse in the United States (Sandy Hook Lighthouse) can be entered as well as the attached lighthouse keepers residence that includes a Sandy Hook history museum.
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March 16th, 2019
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