Early New Jersey Artificial Reefs
These seven sites on the Sea Girt Artificial Reef predate the state-run reef program:
Informal reef-building took place all along the coast for decades, but these are the only sites for which records exist.
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Specs:
- ( 70 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Axel Carlson Jr.
- Sunk:
- June 1973 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.805' -73°57.176'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
More: Carlson II ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Built:
- 1964, DESCO Marine, St. Augustine FL ?
- Specs:
- ( 70 ft )
- Sunk:
- Tuesday March 15, 1983 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- Sponsor:
- Artificial Reef Committee
- GPS:
- 40°06.777' -73°56.860'
More: Cinderella ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, ferry, Central Railroad of New Jersey, USA
( sometimes incorrectly identified as a barge ) - Name:
- All CRRNJ ferries were named for New Jersey towns - Lakewood, Bound Brook, Red Bank, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Wilkes Barre, Cranford, Somerville, Westfield, and Bound Brook
- Built:
- 1905, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington DE USA
- Specs:
- ( 191 x 44 ft ) 1197 tons
- Sponsor:
- Ashley Development Corporation
- Sunk:
- Tuesday March 30, 1982 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°07.447' -73°56.227'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
More: Cranford ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, drydock barge
- Specs:
- ( 100 ft )
- Sunk:
- February 1979 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- Sponsor:
- Artificial Reef Committee
- Depth:
- 75 ft
- GPS:
- 40°07.759' -73°56.384'
More: drydock ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, schooner barge, USA
( The small smokestack in the pictures is for an electrical generator. ) - Built:
- 1919, Union Shipbuilding, Baltimore MD USA
- Specs:
- ( 306 x 35 ft ) 2072 tons, 14 crew
- Sponsor:
- Modern Transportation Co.
- Sunk:
- July 1983 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.964' -73°57.571'
- Depth:
- 65 ft
More: Dykes ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Specs:
- ( 75 ft )
- Sunk:
- June 1983 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- Sponsor:
- Artificial Reef Committee
- GPS:
- 40°06.540' -73°56.827'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
More: Kiley B ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 200 ft )
- Sunk:
- 1977 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- Sponsor:
- Artificial Reef Committee, Weeks Marine Co.
- GPS:
- 40°06.986' -73°56.868'
- Depth:
- 70 ft
More: railroad barge ...