Pine Lands Landscape

Harrisville Ghost Town

I took a trip to Harrisville New Jersey to check out the Harrisville pond for photo opportunities and caught some amazing afternoon sun light complete with spell binding  reflections in the cedar colored water.This area of New Jersey was a major industrial area about 175 years ago: there were iron furnaces, This area of New Jersey was a major industrial area about 175 years ago: there were iron furnaces, glass works, paper mills, etc. Harrisville was a major paper mill town (due to the abundant water), and was a thriving community as late as the 1880s. Ownership disputes and changes in the processes of making paper produced financial problems; the factory closed, and was sold in the 1890s; by then most of the residents had moved away. A major fire swept the town in 1910, and in subsequent years, vandals and thieves took most of the remains a thriving community as late as the 1880s. Ownership disputes and changes in the processes of making paper produced financial problems; the factory closed, and was sold in the 1890s; by then most of the residents had moved away. A major fire swept the town in 1910, and in subsequent years, vandals and thieves took most of the remains

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