Old Eagle Tavern

Historical marker location:

431-433 S. Broad St.., Trenton, New Jersey

( Marker is at the intersection of South Broad Street (U.S. 206) and Ferry Street, on the right when traveling south on South Broad Street.)

The Hindenburg disaster, one of the most famous airship accidents in history, occurred in New Jersey in 1937. The German airship caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst.