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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
Right from Old Bridge on an improved road is SPOTSWOOD, 2.1 miles (20 alt.,
925 pop.). A charcoal iron furnace, forge, and flour mills here were seized by the
New Jersey militia when their Tory owners fled in the Revolution. The RUINS OF
THE IRON WORKS are found in part of its original dam, still standing on Matcha
ponix Brook, which joins Manalapan Brook just northeast of Spotswood.
HELMETTA, 4.2 miles (40 alt., 801 pop.), is the home of one of the world's
largest snuff factories, the GEORGE W. HELME Co. PLANT (open only on permit
from New York office). This Jersey product no longer circulates in jeweled snuffboxes as in Colonial days; but 40,000,000 pounds of it yearly leave here after fermenting, curing, scenting, sweetening, and flavoring processes, lasting from a year
to 20 months. Most of the snuff goes to the South in tin boxes or containers made
of skin. The snuff industry suffered little from the depression; recent years have
been among its best. There are 375 employees. The original plant was built about
1825.
At 16.6 miles, at a traffic circle, State S28 leads L. into the northern portion of the sand belt. There is an unusual stand of white birch along the
road. Some large areas are covered with scrub pine and oak.
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