Pinelands Heritage Series: Walking tour of Belcoville and the Estellville Glassworks
Time & Place:
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Estell Manor Park in Atlantic County
Tour Guides: Joan Berkey and Richard Regensburg
Description: Come and explore two historic Pinelands sites located in Estell Manor Park in Atlantic County. The park houses the ruins of the early 19th century Estellville Glassworks and the Bethlehem Loading Company, a WWI munitions loading facility. The Glassworks ruins include the melting furnace, pot house, flattening house, cutting house and worker’s homes. The Bethlehem Loading Company Historic District comprise the remains of the 75 mm, 155 mm and 8-inch shell loading complexes as well as stables, administration buildings, bunkers, a power plant and officers quarters. Participants are asked to bring a brown bag lunch (lunch break will be from 12-1pm) and bug spray (significant time will be spent in the woods). Dress for extensive walking and bring bottled water. Dick Regensburg is a retired archaeologist who for several years oversaw the park and helped to preserve its many archaeological sites. Joan Berkey is an architectural historian who prepared the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the Bethlehem Loading Company Historic District.
Advance reservations required for all programs.
$10 per person payable at the door in cash or check.
Part of the 2010 Pinelands Heritage Series, sponsored by PPA and Preservation New Jersey.
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