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Monmouth Beach — Estates on an Eroding Shore
In 1920, Monmouth Beach was a community of summer estates set behind a generous sand beach and modest dunes — the 1920 aerial shows the ordered lots and a wide beachfront with natural dune cover still intact. By 1933, the hurricane had stripped the beach face and eroded the primary dune line; compare the beach width in 1920 and 1933 and the loss is visible. The 1962 aerial, taken shortly after the Ash Wednesday Storm, shows further narrowing of the beach, with storm debris and overwash scarring the oceanfront. Hardened structures protected the lots, but the beach itself paid the price.
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