During the early days of the 20th century as Henry Ford put America on wheels with his car for the common man, the Model T, New Jersey began a road-building project.
In the spring of 1909, Ocean County announced it was planning to build an auto bridge from Manahawkin to Long Beach Island. This sparked a land boom as speculators prepared for carloads of visitors. The New Jersey Courier of Aug. 3, 1911 reported on the progress of one new development on the Island.
“There has been installed at Brant Beach a water system with an artesian well that has a capacity of 333 gallons of…
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