It is on Absecon Island, on the Atlantic coast. Atlantic City was incorporated on May 1, 1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township. The city borders Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, Ventnor City and West Atlantic City. 

Because of its location in South Jersey, hugging the Atlantic Ocean between marshlands and islands, Atlantic City was viewed by developers as prime real estate and a potential resort town. In 1853, the first commercial hotel, The Belloe House, located at Massachusetts and Atlantic Avenue, was built. 

The city was incorporated in 1854, the same year in which the Camden and Atlantic Railroad train service began. Built on the edge of the bay, this served as the direct link of this remote parcel of land with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That same year, construction of the Absecon Lighthouse, designed by George Meade of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, was approved, with work initiated the next year. By 1874, almost 500,000 passengers a year were coming to Atlantic City by rail. In Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, "Atlantic City's Godfather" Nelson Johnson describes the inspiration of Dr. Jonathan Pitney (the "Father of Atlantic City") to develop Atlantic City as a health resort, his efforts to convince the municipal authorities that a railroad to the beach would be beneficial, his successful alliance with Samuel Richards (entrepreneur and member of the most influential family in southern New Jersey at the time) to achieve that goal, the actual building of the railroad, and the experience of the first 600 riders, who "were chosen carefully by Samuel Richards and Jonathan Pitney": QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. On what day was Atlantic City incorporated from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township?
2. Atlantic City was incorporated from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township on what day?
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Q2:
1. Atlantic City was incorporated from which two townships?
2. What are the names of the two townships that Atlantic City was incorporated from?
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Q3:
1. In what year was Atlantic City incorporated from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township?
2. Atlantic City was incorporated from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township in what year?
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Q4:
1. What is the name of the large body of water that is situated close to Atlantic City?
2. Atlantic City is situated near which large body of water?
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Q5:
1. In what year was the first hotel in Atlantic City constructed?
2. The first hotel in Atlantic City was constructed in what year?
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Q6:
1. What is the name of the rail service that was started in 1854?
2. 1854 marks the year when what rail service was started?
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Q7:
1. What is the name of the structure that was constructed in 1854 that was designed by George Meade?
2. George Meade designed what structure that was constructed in 1854?
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Q8:
1. What is the name of the person that designed the Absecon Lighthouse?
2. The Absecon Lighthouse was designed by what person?
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Q9:
1. What is the total number of people that make use of the railway yearly?
2. How many people in total use the railway per year?
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Q10:
1. What did Dr. Jonathan Pitney want to make of Atlantic city?
2. What was Atlantic city to be made into if it were up to Dr. Jonathan Pitney?
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Q11:
1. What location did Dr. Jonathan Pitney want the railways to take people to?
2. Dr. Jonathan Pitney wanted the railways to take people to what location?
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Q12:
1. What is the name of Dr. Jonathan Pitney's partner that tried to make the railway go to the beach?
2. Dr. Jonathan Pitney and which other person wanted to make the railway go to the beach?
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Q13:
1. Did Dr. Jonathan Pitney and Samuel Richards succeed in getting the railway to go to the beach?
2. Was Dr. Jonathan Pitney' and Samuel Richards' goal of getting the reailway to go to the beach successful?
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Q14:
1. What is the total number of passengers that took the first train ride to the beach?
2. The first train ride to the beach had how many people on board?
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