From Shell Pile to Sea Breeze: New Jersey’s Most Desolate Places
Shell Pile: A Forgotten Fishing Village Once a bustling oyster hub on the Maurice River in Cumberland County, Shell Pile got its name from towering heaps of oyster shells outside seafood packing sheds. In the 1930s, it was home to around 1,000 Black residents living in barracks on stilts over the salt marshes — a…
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