The Cranbury Dam

Historical marker location:

Cranbury, New Jersey

( Marker is on South Main Street (County Road 535) 0.2 miles Station Road (County Route 615), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1987

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.