Historical Marker
Morris Canal Stone Culvert
Historical marker location:
74 W. Main Street, Rockaway, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of W. Main Street and Lakeside Drive, on the left when traveling east on W. Main Street.)
Marker installed: 2013
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.