28315. (copy photo) Harvey Cedars Coast Guard Station – Fishing Club after the Great Storm of 1962, Long Beach Island, NJ.
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28315. (copy photo) Harvey Cedars Coast Guard Station – Fishing Club after the Great Storm of 1962, Long Beach Island, NJ.
28315. (copy photo) Harvey Cedars Coast Guard Station – Fishing Club after the Great Storm of 1962, Long Beach Island, NJ. By the mid 1930’s, Six or seven large, modern homes fronted the ocean between Sussex Avenue and the Coast Guard station on Gloucester, After World War II, the Coast Guard station was decommissioned and the building was bought by the Long Beach Island Fishing Club. In March 1962 northeaster, a powerful system of two storms which stalled over the Atlantic Ocean, which would gain the reputation as “The Storm of the Century. Over a stretch of about 600 miles, the wind pushed the water ahead of it in long swells that rose 30 feet high in the open ocean. By the time these reached the shore they were traveling at freight train speed and were as high as a three story building. By the third day the high tide floated houses off their foundations, broke roads and dug new inlets across town. Friday morning was clear and sunny, except there were no dunes, little beach and few houses. When it was over what was left of Harvey Cedars looked like a war zone. This photo is of a building destroyed along the beach and I am told that this may have once been part of the Coast Guard station. The Harvey Cedars water tower can be seen in the background. Photo is b/w and measures 8 ½” x 11”. (F). $20.