FROM SURF TO SURF AVENUE
THE STEEPLECHASE TROLLEY LINE
OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE SEEN POSTCARDS AND PHOTOS OF CONEY ISLAND'S STEEPLECHASE PARK,
A NUMBER OF WHICH SHOWED AN ELECTRIFIED TRACK AND SOMETIMES A STREETCAR.
WE SEARCHED AND FOUND JEFFREY STANTON'S HISTORY PAGES TO WHICH WE SHALL REFER.
Coney Island - First Steeplechase Park
(1908-1964)
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First Steeplechase Park
(1897 -1907 )
Coney Island - Second Steeplechase Park
(1908-1964)
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Second Steeplechase Park
(1908 -1964 )
"George C. Tilyou during the years between 1905 and 1907 constructed a 25 foot wide, 25 feet high pedestrian arcade
from the portal
at Surf Avenue to the 700 foot long Steeplechase Pier.
Atop it ran an electric car to transport arriving steamship passengers into his park."
THIS POSTCARD WAS DATED AND POSTMARKED SEPTEMBER 9 1906.
"He planned a trolley car along the edge of The 700 foot long Steeplechase Pier
to transport passengers arriving by steamship to the center of his amusement park."
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