Lyndhurst, New Jersey - Kingsland Explosion of 1917
- Address:
- 245 Clay Ave., Lyndhurst, NJ
- Directions:
- Up the street from Medieval Times on Clay Ave. Exit Hwy 3 onto Rutherford Ave., then turn south onto either Polito Ave. or Garland Way, then turn left onto Wall St. W., then bear right onto Clay Ave. Park as far south as you can in the lot on the right. A little further south on Clay Ave. is a flagpole and a tiny marker.
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Lyndhurst, New Jersey - Kingsland Explosion of 1917 Smokestack of the Canadian Car Foundry Co. Ltd is all that is left from the Kingsland (now Lyndhurst) explosion of 1917. [Phil Smith, 10/24/2004][RA: The munitions plant fire broke out on January 11, 1917, and completely destroyed the buildings on the site. A plaque tells the story of Theresa "Tessie" McNamara, Heroine of the Explosion. The oddest thing about this place is that it's in the middle of a corporate office park.]
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