Potter's Field | Secaucus, NJ, US Established in 1880, Potter’s Field in Secaucus, N.J., was used by Hudson County institutions to bury their dead. Burial operations at Potter’s Field ceased in 1962. Challenge A proposed highway interchange project commissioned by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority required disinterment and reinterment services at Potter’s Field in Secaucus. Louis Berger was chosen to assist in the assignment, the single largest disinterment undertaken in the United States. Solution Louis Berger designed an archaeological plan to identify and excavate all remains and artifacts from the unmarked grave shafts. Coordinating with state and private interests, the multidisciplinary Louis Berger team succeeded in: Exhuming the remains of 4,571 individuals from 2,693 grave shafts d

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