Tags: Burlington County, Disaster, Historical, Monument, Pine Barrens

Found accidentally 9/02
Page revamped 8/04

In July of 1928, Emilio Carranza Rodriguez’s plane crashed in the Pine Barrens. He was on his way back to Mexico from a goodwill flight to New York. At the crash site is a memorial, roughly 10-12 feet tall. One side has an arrow carved into it, symbolizing Carranza’s flight. The other side has a descending Aztec eagle, indicating his plummet to earth. Underneath the eagle are 2 footprints, which are for his final moments on earth. The other 2 sides of the marker have writing on them, one side in English and the other Spanish. They tell the date of the tragedy and offer a few words of honor to the aviator, who was called “the Lindbergh of Mexico.” There is an annual commemoration on the 2nd Saturday in July, which is around Carranza’s day of death.

The memorial is just about in the middle of nowhere, off Carranza Road in the Pines. It’s not far from where the paved section of the road ends.

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Tags: Burlington County, Pine Barrens, Ruins

First found 9/02
New pics 2/05

After a controlled Fire 1/06

These pics are from 2/05. The original photos can be found at the bottom of the page.

Hampton Furnace was one of the many bog iron furnaces in the Pine Barrens. Like the rest, it died shortly after the iron furnaces in Pennsylvania produced higher quality iron by using anthracite coal.

Photos from the original trip – 9/02

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Tags: Ghost Town, Ocean County, Pine Barrens, Ruins

First posted 9/02
New photos from 11/04

Carusoville is a now empty group of roads behind Bamber Lake. Supposedly the entire Caruso family lived back here and then for whatever reason all left. The government, being the kind productive souls they are, then of course came in and knocked down the houses. I’ve also heard a woman’s body was found not far from Carusoville a few years back.
Not a whole lot to see honestly….just 2 empty cul-de-sacs with various garbage and bonfire barrels strewn about. Very little is left that would suggest it was once a development.

I’ve been here many times but didn’t know this was the actual Carusoville, which someone a few years back incorrectly told me was closer to the Boys’ Home. I’ve kept the original page intact below.

Behind Bamber Lake is what appears to be an unfinished development. There are a few roads with large potholes, and at the very end are 2 large cul-de-sacs. In the middle of both are piles of wood, garbage, etc. There are a lot of bonfire spots in the Pines, but these are probably the only ones that are in the street and can get away with it.

Down one on the dirt paths I found, I found some weird looking junk on the side of the trail:

We found a boat in the woods last time we went.

Boat Pic
Andrew’s on de boat

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