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Remains of the pier still standing in October 1997; it was demolished in June-July 2001
Type:
oceanfront pier
Built:
1911
Depth:
15 ft?
Aerial view of the pier and adjacent jetty in the 1960s, prior to development as an amusement park.Ablaze - Monday, June 8, 1987 The cause was determined to be a gas leak.Coast Guard cutters helped fight the fire.The fire destroyed many shore-front businesses and blighted the town for a decade. The area has since been redeveloped very nicely.
A number of piers have stood at this site since the early 1800s, serving a steamboat connection to New York. Several were destroyed by storms. This was the third or fourth pier built and was completed in 1911. When the steamboat service lapsed, it was converted to a fishing pier, and later built over as an amusement park. The park atop the pier burned down in 1987, and the remains of the structure were finally demolished in 2001, leaving a field of concrete pilings and debris just beyond the surf zone.
For detailed directions, see Shore Diving in New Jersey
This wreck was formerly thought to be the Yankee. However, the "G&D" was identified as the Yankee, leaving this wreck unidentified. It consists of engine, boilers, driveshaft, and propeller, and is reputed to be a good lobster wreck.
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