VirtualGlobetrotting: New Jersey: Camden

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Camden - The Abandoned City #29
Xeba73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Xeba73.
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Camden, New Jersey, was a hub of manufacturing and industry for many decades. An east coast centre credited with creating some of the nation's largest warships.
Today it is just a shadow of its former self.
The population has decreased from 125,000 in 1950 to 77,000 in 2010.
36.1% of the population lives below the poverty line, including 50.3% of those under age 18 (2010).
With 2,333 violent crimes per 100,000 people (2008) it ranks among the most dangerous cities in the USA.

Cooper University Hospital
boothy443 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boothy443.
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USS New Jersey (BB-62)
nic (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: nic.
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Lightship Barnegat
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
LV 79 / WAL 506 Barnegat Lightship, Built for the USLHS in 1904 and served at Barnegat Station from 1927 - 1942 and from 1945 – 1967. This Lightship is endangered, and is sitting in the mud at a private location in Camden, NJ. Pumps run during high tides to keep water out and its hull is fragile . The Lightship is intact, and has all its equipment. Its future is uncertain.
Also served as:
Relief from 1924 - 1926
Five Fathom 1904 - 1924

Deconstructed Naval Ship
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

Camden - The Abandoned City #3
Xeba73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Xeba73.
Camden, New Jersey, was a hub of manufacturing and industry for many decades. An east coast centre credited with creating some of the nation's largest warships.
Today it is just a shadow of its former self.
The population has decreased from 125,000 in 1950 to 77,000 in 2010.
36.1% of the population lives below the poverty line, including 50.3% of those under age 18 (2010).
With 2,333 violent crimes per 100,000 people (2008) it ranks among the most dangerous cities in the USA.

Camden - The Abandoned City #35
Xeba73 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Xeba73.
Camden, New Jersey, was a hub of manufacturing and industry for many decades. An east coast centre credited with creating some of the nation's largest warships.
Today it is just a shadow of its former self.
The population has decreased from 125,000 in 1950 to 77,000 in 2010.
36.1% of the population lives below the poverty line, including 50.3% of those under age 18 (2010).
With 2,333 violent crimes per 100,000 people (2008) it ranks among the most dangerous cities in the USA.

NJT River LINE train
boothy443 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boothy443.

Howland Croft and Sons
jbottero (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: jbottero.
Howland Croft was born in 1839 in Yorkshire, England, and eventually ended up in Camden, New Jersey, where along with several partners, he started a worsted mill. Worsted is a type of yarn and the fabric made from this yarn. The name comes from Worstead, a village in the England. The mill is now all but a pile of bricks, but was still operating until the mid-1950's. Great history and pictures at the linked website.

Walt Whitman House
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.
The Walt Whitman House is a historic building in Camden, New Jersey which was the last residence of American poet Walt Whitman, in his declining years before his death. It is located at 330 Mickle Boulevard, known as Mickle St. during Whitman's time there.

Camden Aquarium
levinmo (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: levinmo.

Tweeter Center
levinmo (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: levinmo.

'Camden'
kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kjfitz.

Locked Out
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.

Camden Aquarium & Children's Garden
The Adventure Aquarium is a for-profit educational entertainment attraction operated on the Camden, New Jersey Delaware River waterfront by real estate developer Steiner + Associates. It opened on May 25, 2005 in its current form, featuring about eight thousand animals living in varied forms of semi-aquatic and oceanic habitats. Nearly two million gallons of water flow through the facility at any given moment.

Campbell's Field
nic (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: nic.
Home of the Camden Riversharks

'South Jersey Port'

Serving Hardtime
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

'Nexus' by Barry Blair
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.

Riverfront State Prison - Closed
LAADER (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: LAADER.

Destroyed Building
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.

Reefer transport 'Amer Fuji'
A 2005 partnership agreement between LauritzenCool, J. Lauritzen’s reefer transport company, and NYK Reefers produced NYKLauritzenCool, which is today one of the world’s largest reefer operators. With a fleet of more than 70 specialised reefer vessels of various sizes, NYKLauritzenCool provides temperature-controlled ocean transport of perishable commodities for customers in all major reefer markets. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has support offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA, many of which also provide terminals and cold store facilities.

Look At Me!
Touringfmhome (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Touringfmhome.

Shrink-wrapped Helicopter
Pdunn (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Pdunn.

No Head
LancelotLink (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: LancelotLink.

Sailing the Delaware
boothy443 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: boothy443.

Cargo Ship Being Loaded
damein234 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: damein234.

'One Port Center' by Michael Graves
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
1994
aka Delaware River Port Authority

Big Propeller
WacoKidd110 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: WacoKidd110.

Lady of Lourdes Camden
aicra (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: aicra.

Dietz & Watson Hot Dog Stand
Carrera (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Carrera.
Right next to the Water Ice/Snow Cone stand is this hot dog stand from a PA-registered trailer. Even though these are by no doubt popular foods given from stands in the summer time appealing to those in a hurry (i.e., rush hour to/from work), I can actually imagine the operator saying "Want to have nitrates with that?", because to be honest, the ingredients in them turn me off (e.g., cancer-causing nitrates). Yum?
Image date: July 2012

Camden Waste-to-Energy Plant
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Carousel at the Campbell’s Field
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Eerie Abandoned Building

Camden City Hall
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
Tallest building in the Philadelphia Metro Area outside of Philadelphia

Setting Up a Water Ice/Snow Cone Stand
Carrera (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Carrera.
About time to offer refreshments to passerby, but is he going to offer water ice, snow cones, or both? Seemingly it's both, but I can't tell, because he didn't start to send them out yet.
Image date: July 2012

On the USS New Jersey (BB-62)
USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship.
Laid down: September 16, 1940
Launched: December 7, 1942
Commissioned: 23 May 1943
Decommissioned: June 30, 1948
Recommissioned: November 21, 1950
Decommissioned: August 21, 1957
Recommissioned: April 6, 1968
Decommissioned: December 17, 1969
Recommissioned: December 28, 1982
Decommissioned: February 8, 1991
Struck: January 4, 1999

Abandoned Boat

Ride The Ducks
adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: adrbr.

Flags On A Water Tower
Flags of Mexico and Puerto Rico being flown from an old water tower.

Mercedes-Benz Mural

Peace Graffiti

Building art

Pavonia Yard - Conrail
Matheus_ (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Matheus_.

One Water Street
bikelane (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: bikelane.
One Water Street is the headquarters of American Water. The building is located on the Camden, NJ waterfront and was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects.

Camden Petty Island Guard House
Fab (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Fab.