An anchor from a ship that sank more than 240 years ago during the Revolutionary War Battle of Chestnut Neck has been restored and is on display at the Marine Field Station at Stockton University.
The ship, nicknamed The Bead because of the number of trade beads that were found in and around the hull, is probably one of 10 ships said to have been burned to the water by the British during the battle to destroy privateering in the Little Egg Harbor and Mullica River area.
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