FEBRUARY 8, 1911 - THE FREIGHT YARDS AND JAMAICA CROSS SWITCHES ARE GONE. TEMPORARY MAIN LINE TRACKS ARE NORTH (RIGHT SIDE) AND TEMPORARY ATLANTIC AND MONTAUK DIVISION TRACKS ARE SOUTH (LEFT SIDE) OF SITE TO BE FILLED WITH MOST OF THE 1,200,000 CUBIC YARDS OF FILLING MATERIAL IMPORTED FROM SYOSSET. JT TOWER IS STILL IN SERVICE AND VERY BUSY.
BARELY VISIBLE IN THE DISTANCE IS THE MOCKUP FOR THE NEW STATION PLATFORMS.
JT AND THE OLD STATION WERE PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE MOCKUP.
THE TEMPORARY MAIN LINE TRACKS AND A CONSTRUCTION TRACK CLIMBED TO THE NEW VAN WYCK AVENUE OVERPASS.
APRIL 23, 1911
APRIL 23, 1911 - CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON THE REMAINING VAN WYCK AVENUE BRIDGEWORK.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1911 LOOKING NORTH FROM THE TEMP ATLANTIC/MONTAUK DIVISION TRACKS AT CONSTRUCTION OF GUILFORD STREET - LATER SUTPHIN BLVD. - BRIDGEWORK. THERE HAD BEEN NO CROSSING HERE.
THE CONCRETE FOR THE MEZZANINE LEADING TO THE STAIRWAYS TO THE PLATFORMS WAS POURED IN 1911
SEPTEMBER 28, 1911 FURTHER WEST, LOOKING FROM THE TEMP ATLANTIC/MONTAUK DIVISION TRACKS AT CONSTRUCTION OF THE WEST END OF THE NEW STATION AND THE FOLEY AVENUE, 143RD STREET UNDERJUMP.
FROM AUGUST 1, 1913 RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE
STEAM POWERED THE CONCRETE MIXERS, CRANES, HOISTS AND PULLEY SYSTEMS.
DUNTON
AUGUST 15, 1912 - THE FIRST TEMPORARY DUNTON STATION.
OCTOBER 11, 1912 - THE FIRST TEMPORARY DUNTON STATION.
ON NOVEMBER 30, 1912 THE NEW WESTBOUND TRACK BETWEEN VAN WYCK AVENUE AND MP TOWER AND THE SECOND TEMPORARY DUNTON STATION WERE PUT IN SERVICE ON THE NEW EMBANKMENT.
THE SECOND TEMPORARY DUNTON STATION WAS ACCESSED FROM THE OLD WESTBOUND PLATFORM.
AN EASTBOUND TRACK WAS PUT IN SERVICE ON THE NEW EMBANKMENT.
A WAITING ROOM AND EASTBOUND LOCAL TRACK WERE PROVIDED.
MAY 26, 1913 - THE SECOND TEMPORARY DUNTON STATION WAS NOW ACCESSED FROM VAN WYCK AVENUE.
BY DECEMBER 10 THE STAIRS HAD BEEN RE-ARRANGED
DECEMBER 1908 THIS FOOTBRIDGE CROSSED THE ATLANTIC AND MONTAUK DIVISIONS AT MP TOWER. THE ATLANTIC AND MONTAUK DIVISIONS DID NOT CONNECT HERE. IN THE FOREGROUND ARE A SPRING FROG AND SPRING GUARD RAIL.
DECEMBER 1908 - LOOKING WEST FROM THE FOOTBRIDGE.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1911 THE FOOTBRIDGE HAS BEEN LENGTHENED, THE MONTAUK DIVISION EMBANK- MENT AND THE UNDERJUMP TO THE PASSENGER YARDS ARE BEING COMPLETED AND THE ATLANTIC AND MONTAUK DIVISIONS ARE NOW CONNECTED.
NOVEMBER 9, 1911 - MP INTERLOCKING.
AUGUST 29, 1912 - VAN WYCK AVENUE BRIDGEWORK.
AUGUST 29, 1912 - A STEAM POWERED WOODEN BOOM CRANE