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FROM "LONG ISLAND AND WHERE TO GO"
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD 1877 BOOKLET
from NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S Maps of the wharves & piers from the Battery to 61st street on the Hudson river
and from the Battery to 41st street on the East river, New York. Surveyed by I.C. Buckhout, city surveyor. Depicts: 1860
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1860 PIER 43 AREA
1860 PIER 35 1/2 AREA
c1878 PIER 35 1/2 AREA
CATHERINE STREET FERRY PIER 35 1/2
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INFORMATION FROM WIKIPEDIA:
James Slip Ferry was established by May 1861, when the Long Island Rail Road was rerouted to Hunter's Point.
Roosevelt Street Ferry had been established on April 30, 1853 and became the South Side Railroad's marine terminal.
1876 MAP SHOWS EAST RIVER PIERS AND FERRY LINES
1874 PHOTO SHOWS SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD BUILDING AND ROOSEVELT STREET FERRY HOUSE AT LEFT.
LATER THEIR BUILDING APPARENTLY BECAME THE LONG ISLAND EXPRESS COMPANY OFFICE.
AT RIGHT CENTER IS JAMES SLIP
AT RIGHT IS JAMES SLIP
CIRCA 1880 PIER 32 AREA
BROOKLYN SIDE
THE 1903 C.R.4. LISTS THREE NEW YORK CITY FACILITIES
FROM THE BABYLON BUDGET MAY 23 1885
FROM THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE IN 1887
SINCERE THANKS TO BRIAN MERLIS FOR THIS CIRCA 1889 PHOTO.
CONTACT BRIAN AT "brimerl@aol.com"
SEE HIS STORE AT ebay.com/usr/bk.sales
JAMES SLIP FERRY
FROM SOUTH OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE CIRCA 1900
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IMAGE
ROOSEVELT STREET FERRY, LONG ISLAND EXPRESS OFFICE, JAMES SLIP FERRY AND PIER 32 FREIGHT DEPOT
VIEW FROM THE WEST
STREET VIEW
THIS c 1908 PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THAT JAMES SLIP FERRY
AND PIER 32 FREIGHT DEPOT HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
C. R. 4. 'S FROM 1913, 1919 AND 1924 SHOW A PIER 22 FREIGHT STATION
THESE TWO IMAGES SHOW THE LARGER PIER 22 DEPOT IN THE SAME LOCATION AS PIER 32
BY 1932 THE FREIGHT HOUSE WAS L.I.R.R. AND P.R.R.
IN THESE TWO LATER IMAGES THE ROOSEVELT STREET FERRY SLIPS ARE GONE AND CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY
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