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GOD   BLESS   AMERICA!

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THE     LONG     ISLAND     RAIL     ROAD     COMPANY
CONCRETE   MIXING   PLANTS   and   STEAM   CRANES
THE       JAMAICA       ELIMINATION





STEAM   MIXER   AND   VERTICAL   AND   HORIZONTAL   BOILERS
 



VAN     WYCK     AVENUE     CONSTRUCTION

AUGUST   15   1912   -   THE   CONCRETE   MIXING   PLANT   IS   AT   THE   RIGHT.
THE   LARGE   STEAM   POWERED   WOODEN   CRANE   HAS   A   WOODEN   BOOM   WITH   AN   EXTENSION


FILL   COULD   BE   PLACED   IN   THIS   HOPPER   BY   THE   CRANE   AND   BUCKET   AND   THEN
BE   DUMPED   INTO   THE   NARROW   GAGE   DUMP   CAR/S   TO   CREATE   THE   EMBANKMENT


STANDARD   GAGE   GONDOLAS   WITH   SAND,   STONE   AND   CEMENT   AND   NARROW   GAGE   DUMP   CARS


MIXED   CONCRETE   WAS   RAISED   TO   THE   TOP   OF   THIS   TOWER   AND   POURED   INTO
HAND   CARTS   WHICH   WERE   TRUCKED   DOWN   GRADE   TO   THE   PLACE   OF   DEPOSIT


A   LINE -   UP   OF   HAND   CARTS   AS   THE   RETAINING   WALL   IS   EXTENDED   EAST


THIS   MIXER   POURED   INTO   THE   FORMS   VIA   CHUTES


THESE   GONDOLAS   HAD   SIDE   DOORS   WHICH   OPENED   FOR   UNLOADING


TWO   DIFFERENT   TYPES   OF   GONDOLA


AUGUST   29   1912


SEPTEMBER   6   1912


SEPTEMBER   6   1912


A   LARGE   MOBILE   CRANE


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