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1888 STOCK CERTIFICATE FROM COLLECTION OF AND WITH THANKS TO JOHN M. SZABOL
FROM A 1900 B.R.T. MAP
THE CULVER SHUTTLE
FOURTEENTH AVENUE CROSSING
THIRTEENTH AVENUE STATION
LOOKING WEST TOWARD THIRTEENTH AVENUE IN 1914
THIRTEENTH AVENUE STATION AND TROLLEY CROSSING IN 1914
THIRTEENTH AVENUE TROLLEY CROSSING
THIRTEENTH AVENUE STATION LOOKING EAST
FORT HAMILTON PARKWAY STATION
JUNCTION OF THE PROSPECT PARK & SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILROAD
AND THE BROOKLYN, BATH & WEST END RAILROAD AT NINTH AVENUE
THE EAST END OF NINTH AVENUE STATION.
A WEST END LINE TRAIN OF STEEL CARS DEPARTING FROM THE UPPER LEVEL
AND A CULVER TRAIN OF WOODEN EL CARS DEPARTING FROM THE LOWER LEVEL
THE LOWER LEVEL OF NINTH AVENUE STATION USED BY CULVER LINE TRAINS
THE UPPER LEVEL OF NINTH AVENUE STATION USED BY WEST END LINE TRAINS
THE NEW NINTH AVENUE STATION OPENED IN JUNE 1916
THIS IS LOOKING EAST
LOOKING WEST
LOOKING WEST
LOOKING WEST IN 1961
LOOKING WEST IN 1984
A SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILWAY FREIGHT AT NINTH AVENUE IN 1937
JOHN MAGGIO PHOTOGRAPHED S.B. NUMBER TWELVE CROSSING TWELFTH AVENUE IN MAY 1974
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1888 STOCK CERTIFICATE FROM COLLECTION OF AND WITH THANKS TO JOHN M. SZABOL
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THE PROSPECT PARK AND SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILROAD WAS INCORPORATED JUNE 15 1888 AND RAN FROM GRAVESEND AVENUE TO NINTH AVENUE WHERE IT CONNECTED WITH THE BROOKLYN, BATH & WEST END RAILROAD. IT BECAME PART OF THE ROUTE BETWEEN GRAVESEND AVENUE AND UNION DEPOT AND LATER THE 39th STREET FERRY. IT WAS USED BY PROSPECT PARK & CONEY ISLAND AND LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD TRAINS. IT BECAME THE CULVER SHUTTLE WHEN THE CULVER LINE WAS CONNECTED WITH THE IND OCTOBER 30, 1954. |
FROM A 1900 B.R.T. MAP
THE CULVER SHUTTLE
FOURTEENTH AVENUE CROSSING
THIRTEENTH AVENUE STATION
LOOKING WEST TOWARD THIRTEENTH AVENUE IN 1914
THIRTEENTH AVENUE STATION AND TROLLEY CROSSING IN 1914
THIRTEENTH AVENUE TROLLEY CROSSING
THIRTEENTH AVENUE STATION LOOKING EAST
FORT HAMILTON PARKWAY STATION
JUNCTION OF THE PROSPECT PARK & SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILROAD
AND THE BROOKLYN, BATH & WEST END RAILROAD AT NINTH AVENUE
THE EAST END OF NINTH AVENUE STATION.
A WEST END LINE TRAIN OF STEEL CARS DEPARTING FROM THE UPPER LEVEL
AND A CULVER TRAIN OF WOODEN EL CARS DEPARTING FROM THE LOWER LEVEL
THE LOWER LEVEL OF NINTH AVENUE STATION USED BY CULVER LINE TRAINS
THE UPPER LEVEL OF NINTH AVENUE STATION USED BY WEST END LINE TRAINS
THE NEW NINTH AVENUE STATION OPENED IN JUNE 1916
THIS IS LOOKING EAST
LOOKING WEST
LOOKING WEST
LOOKING WEST IN 1961
LOOKING WEST IN 1984
A SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILWAY FREIGHT AT NINTH AVENUE IN 1937
JOHN MAGGIO PHOTOGRAPHED S.B. NUMBER TWELVE CROSSING TWELFTH AVENUE IN MAY 1974