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RED See also:BANK , a See also:borough of See also:Monmouth See also:county, New See also:Jersey, U.S.A., on an See also:estuary known as Navesink See also:river, at the See also:head ofnavigation, about 6 m . W. of the See also:Atlantic Ocean, and about 25 M . S. of New See also:York See also:City . Pop . (1905) 6263; (1910) 7398 . Red See also:Bank is served by the Central of New Jersey and the See also:Pennsylvania See also:railways, and by steamboats to New York, and is connected with the neighbouring towns by electric lines . It is a residential suburb of New York City and a summer resort . In the See also:winter See also:ice-boating is a popular amusement, and Red Bank has See also:fish and See also:oyster See also:industries of some importance . The name Red Bank was applied to this locality as See also:early as 1734, and in 1781 there were several buildings within the limits of the See also:present borough . Red Bank was incorporated as a See also:town in 187o and became a borough in 1908 . |
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