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GOD   BLESS   AMERICA!

Copyright © 2013   Arthur   John   Huneke
ALL   RIGHTS   RESERVED


THE     LONG     ISLAND     RAIL     ROAD     COMPANY
SYOSSET       SAND
THE       JAMAICA       ELIMINATION


THE   1910   ANNUAL   REPORT   SHOWS   TWO   STEAM   SHOVELS   PURCHASED
AND   54   NEW   CONSTRUCTION   DUMP   CARS   PURCHASED.


THE   1912   ANNUAL   REPORT   SHOWS   49   NEW   CONSTRUCTION   DUMP   CARS.


1,200,000   CUBIC   YARDS   OF   FILLING   MATERIAL   WERE   IMPORTED   FROM   SYOSSET.
THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS MOVED SOUTH AND DOUBLE-TRACKED   IN   1912.     THE NEW LINE IS SHOWN IN RED.




LOOKING   NORTHWEST   AT   THE   END   OF   DOUBLE   TRACK   TOWARD   THE   FORMER   BORROW   PIT


THE   ORIGINAL   POLE   LINE   WAS   STILL   THERE   AS   LATE   AS   OCTOBER   1984


ONE   AND   SOMETIMES   TWO   STEAM   SHOVELS   EXCAVATED   THE   SYOSSET   BORROW   PIT.


IN 1911 THE RIGHT OF WAY WEST OF HERE WAS LOWERED BY APPROXIMATELY 22 FEET
AND A CONCRETE BRIDGE WAS BUILT TO CARRY SOUTH WOODS ROAD OVER THE TRACKS.
FILL   WAS   EXCAVATED   FOR   YEARS   AFTER   1911.

BOB   EMERY   SHOWED   THIS   ON   THESE   MAPS.
THE   FIRST   TWO   COURTESY   OF   DAVE   MORRISON.





THANKS     DAVE!



THIS JANUARY 1946 PHOTO BY ROD DIRKES SHOWS THE 1911 BRIDGE AND THE AREA THAT WAS EXCAVATED.


GENERAL   NOTICE   42   OF   MARCH   1,   1918   STATES   THAT   A   NEW
SAND   SIDING   HAD   BEEN   INSTALLED   2500   FEET   WEST   OF   "S"   CABIN.













FROM   UNION   HALL   STREET   BRIDGE   -   A   G-53 CAMELBACK WITH   A   STRING
OF   LOADED   DUMP     CARS   AND   A   STREETCAR   ON   WASHINGTON   STREET


THESE   GONDOLAS   HAD   SIDE   DOORS   WHICH   OPENED   FOR   UNLOADING


THESE   WESTERN   COMPANY   TWELVE   CUBIC   YARD   AIR   DUMP   CARS   PIVOTED   IN   EITHER   DIRECTION






Return   to   ----->   ACCESSING   THE   NEW   STATION   AND   UNION   HALL   STREET   STATION   NEW

Return   to   ----->   JAMAICA   STATION   ACCESSING   THE   NEW   STATION   CONTINUATION

Go   to   ----->   THE   JAMAICA   ELIMINATION   -   "J"   TOWER   -   OFFICE   BUILDING

Return   to   ----->   JAMAICA   STATION   PART   ONE

Return   to   -----> JAMAICA   STATION   PART   TWO