Did German spies really sink the “Lusitania” from Ocean County?
We don’t know but in 1912, an 820-foot tower was built just south of Tuckerton by Germans. When it opened in 1914, it had the highest voltage of any radio tower in the world. Supposedly, during the First World War, the US Navy was monitoring the Goldschmidt Wireless’s broadcasts but many say that the message “Get Lucy” was sent out in 1915 just before the Lusitania was sunk. No proof exists. The tower was taken over in 1917 by RCA and the US Navy and was torn down in 1955 to make room for the Mystic Islands housing development. What was the “Blue Comet”? A luxury train that ran from 1929 to 1941, taking passengers from New York City to Atlantic City for $8.40 round-trip. Although it didn’t have stops in Ocean County, everyone who lived here watched it speed through. It closed down at the end of the Depression because of lack of interest. Was the zeppelin “Hindenburg” really blown up at Lakehurst? Yes and no, since no one has been able to prove exactly why it caught fire and burned on M
We don’t know but in 1912, an 820-foot tower was built just south of Tuckerton by Germans. When it opened in 1914, it had the highest voltage of any radio tower in the world. Supposedly, during the First World War, the US Navy was monitoring the Goldschmidt Wireless’s broadcasts but many say that the message “Get Lucy” was sent out in 1915 just before the Lusitania was sunk. No proof exists. The tower was taken over in 1917 by RCA and the US Navy and was torn down in 1955 to make room for the Mystic Islands housing development. What was the “Blue Comet”? A luxury train that ran from 1929 to 1941, taking passengers from New York City to Atlantic City for $8.40 round-trip. Although it didn’t have stops in Ocean County, everyone who lived here watched it speed through. It closed down at the end of the Depression because of lack of interest. Was the zeppelin “Hindenburg” really blown up at Lakehurst? Yes and no, since no one has been able to prove exactly why it caught fire and burned on M
