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THE   BROOKLYN   &   JAMAICA   RAIL   ROAD
THE   LONG     ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD
and    ATLANTIC   AVENUE     PART   TWO


PAGE NEW JANUARY 16, 2003 - Revised MAY 5 and AUGUST 17, 2004

THE       TUNNEL




THE OPENINGS REFERRED TO ARE CALLED VENTILATORS IN THIS OLD
DRAWING.   THEY WERE CUT BACK WHEN THE TUNNEL WAS PAVED OVER.



FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1844


THIS ARTICLE WAS PRINTED WHEN JOHN CASHMORE
WAS BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT   -   1940-1961.



THIS ARTICLE IS FROM 1940




AFTER COMPLETION OF THE TUNNEL SOUTH FERRY BECAME THE TERMINAL.



FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE


CIRCA 1865 ANTHONY PHOTOGRAPH   "ATLANTIC STREET FERRY".


ENLARGING SHOWS FERRY'S IDENTITY   "PACIFIC"


THESE LETTERS WERE POSTMARKED IN 1847 AND THE 1850'S
ON LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD TRAINS DEPARTING BROOKLYN.




AN 1842 SCENE ALONG THE BROOKLYN AND JAMAICA





UNION COURSE RACE TRACK

UNION COURSE RACE TRACK WAS LOCATED ON THE LONG ISLAND
RAIL ROAD EIGHT MILES EAST OF SOUTH FERRY BROOKLYN






UNION COURSE 1859



SEPTEMBER 24, 1939 LETTER TO A NEWSPAPER
 

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