Burlington County

Friendship

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Former cranberry community on the intersection of Friendship-Speedwell Rd. and Carranza Rd. that consisted of a number of houses, school, and packing house. When the state took over the land in the 1970's, it is said that the state destroyed the remaining buildings. A large granite marker located in the southern bogs erected by the DeMarco family marks the beginning of the cultivated blueberry industry in the Pine Barrens by James Garfield Alloway.

Coordinates: 39.751100, -74.584900

Speedwell

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Daniel Randolph founded a sawmill here prior to the Revolutionary War. In 1783 Benjamin Randolph, a Philadelphia native, built a furnace here, for which the town is most famous for. Today most of the property is owned by Stephen Lee, the local cranberry magnate.

Also known as Randolph's Mill, Speedwell Mill, and Speedwell Furnace.

Coordinates: 39.764500, -74.543700 Syndicate content