Old Iron Mines

Historical marker location:

High Bridge, New Jersey

( Marker is at the intersection of Fairview Avenue (New Jersey Route 513) and Mine road, on the right when traveling north on Fairview Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1975

The first recorded boardwalk in the world was built in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1870. The boardwalk was originally constructed as a way to keep sand out of the city's hotels and railway cars.