
Natco lake

by SAURAVphoto Online Store
Title
Natco lake
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SAURAVphoto Online Store
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Photograph - Photograph
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Natco Lake was created by accident, rather than by Mother Nature. The National Fireproofing Company (Natco) mined clay here for bricks in the 1930's. Eventually the mining equipment hit underground springs and the lake filled in. A ditch was dug in an attempt to drain off the water into a nearby tidal creek. The ditching brought in salt water and made the lake brackish, as it remains today. [Source: New Jersey Audobon at http://www.njaudubon.org/SectionCenters/SectionSHBO/CloseFocusonNatcoLake.aspx]
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October 25th, 2015
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