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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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