Historical Marker
The Water Works
Historical marker location:
14 Main Street, Blairstown, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Blair Place, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.)
The first recorded instance of a submarine attack on a ship occurred off the coast of New Jersey during the American Civil War. On February 17, 1864, the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley attacked and sank the Union ship USS Housatonic near Charleston, South Carolina, while on its way from New Jersey.