Keyport

Keyport

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Publication Date: 1st October 1995

Through the pages of this book, we encounter every aspect of Keyport's rich heritage: bustling street-scenes; magnificent old theaters; busy carriage factories; the oyster industry in its heyday; the airport where Charles Lindbergh once made a mysterious visit; Keyport's own National Guard unit; the Central Railroad of New Jersey at the peak of the age of steam; and the devastating fires that nearly destroyed Keyport in the nineteenth century.
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Through the pages of this book, we encounter every aspect of Keyport's rich heritage: bustling street-scenes; magnificent old theaters; busy carriage factories; the oyster industry in its heyday; the airport where Charles Lindbergh once made a mysterious visit; Keyport's own National Guard unit; the Central Railroad of New Jersey at the peak of the age of steam; and the devastating fires that nearly destroyed Keyport in the nineteenth century.
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Through the pages of this book, we encounter every aspect of Keyport's rich heritage: bustling street-scenes; magnificent old theaters; busy carriage factories; the oyster industry in its heyday; the airport where Charles Lindbergh once made a mysterious visit; Keyport's own National Guard unit; the Central Railroad of New Jersey at the peak of the age of steam; and the devastating fires that nearly destroyed Keyport in the nineteenth century.
Details
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 1st October 1995
  • State: New Jersey
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738589503
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Author Bio
Timothy E. Regan is a patrolman with the New York Fire Patrol, assigned to Station No. 3 in Brooklyn. He is an avid fire historian and is founder of the Keyport Fire Museum and Education Center. A former military firefighter, Regan is chief of the Keyport Fire Department, one of the largest volunteer departments in New Jersey. He is also the author of Keyport, Keyport Volume II, Keyport in the Twentieth Century, and New Brunswick.
Through the pages of this book, we encounter every aspect of Keyport's rich heritage: bustling street-scenes; magnificent old theaters; busy carriage factories; the oyster industry in its heyday; the airport where Charles Lindbergh once made a mysterious visit; Keyport's own National Guard unit; the Central Railroad of New Jersey at the peak of the age of steam; and the devastating fires that nearly destroyed Keyport in the nineteenth century.
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 1st October 1995
  • State: New Jersey
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738589503
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Timothy E. Regan is a patrolman with the New York Fire Patrol, assigned to Station No. 3 in Brooklyn. He is an avid fire historian and is founder of the Keyport Fire Museum and Education Center. A former military firefighter, Regan is chief of the Keyport Fire Department, one of the largest volunteer departments in New Jersey. He is also the author of Keyport, Keyport Volume II, Keyport in the Twentieth Century, and New Brunswick.