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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QLO_welcome-to-atlantic-county-park-at-estell-manor_Estell-Manor-NJ.html
This is the first stop on the 50-mile Great Egg Harbor River Romp Birding & Wildlife Trail. The Park's Warren E. Fox Nature Center is the perfect starting point for a day or more of outdoor exploration and wildlife viewing. Walk the trails and go …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QLN_estellville-glass-factory_Estell-Manor-NJ.html
The quiet woodland scene before you was a very different place 150 years ago. The ruins are the remains of the Estellville Glass Factory, which employed as many as eighty men and boys at its peak of operation. Where the piles of stone and brick li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QLM_the-pot-house_Estell-Manor-NJ.html
Pots were the clay crucibles used as containers in the furnace for melting the raw materials to make glass. Making the pots, the process which took place in this building, was the most exacting work in the entire glass-making industry. The pots w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QLL_the-flattening-house_Estell-Manor-NJ.html
After the cylinder was removed from the blowpipe in the Melting Furnace, it was placed on a wooden rack, and a molten glass strip was wrapped around each end. When the domed top and end were touched with a piece of wet metal, they snapped off clea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QLK_the-melting-furnace_Estell-Manor-NJ.html
The Melting Furnace was the heart of the glassworks. Here the silica sand, lime, and potash were melted into glass. The furnace was at the center of the building. Before use, wood was dried and stored in the northeast corner of the building. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QLI_the-estellville-methodist-church_Estell-Manor-NJ.html
The Estellville Methodist Church, formerly Stephen Creek Meeting House, was built in 1834 at a cost of $621.21 on land donated by John E. Estell of, at that time, Weymouth Township, Gloucester County. The Society was incorporated on December 10,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QLG_the-head-of-the-river-church_Estell-Manor-NJ.html
(Top marker) Society Founded 1780, Church Built 1792-First Trustees; David Sayres, Judah Swain, William Smith, Constance Smith, John Champion John Corson, William Goff. (Bottom left marker) The Head of the River Methodist Episcopal Church is on b…
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