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THE WHITESTONE BRANCH
PART TWO
CORONA MEADOWS YARD
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BRIDGE STREET DRAWBRIDGE
REVISED APRIL 14, 2019
UNTIL 1926 FLUSHING'S FREIGHT HOUSE AND TEAMYARD WERE NORTH OF BRIDGE STREET AT MYRTLE AVENUE
THIS ARTICLE IS FROM THE JANUARY 1926 LONG ISLAND RAILROAD INFORMATION BULLETIN
HENRY WILHELM MAP FROM 1924, WITH LATER REVISIONS.
HENRY RAUDENBUSH MAP CIRCA 1951
BOB EMERY MAP THANKS TO DAVE KELLER
FROM AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1929 LONG ISLAND RAILROAD INFORMATION BULLETIN
FROM JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1931 LONG ISLAND RAILROAD INFORMATION BULLETIN
DAVE KELLER SEPTEMBER 30 1935 VIEW OF A BUSY YARD BY PERCY LOOMIS SPERR
SEPTEMBER 30 1935 VIEW BY PERCY LOOMIS SPERR. SHOWS THE FREIGHT HOUSE AND A DD-1 SWITCHING.
DAVE KELLER OCTOBER 18 1936 VIEW OF THE YARD BY PERCY LOOMIS SPERR
OCTOBER 18 1936 VIEW BY PERCY LOOMIS SPERR. THIS SIDING WAS NUMBER "8" ON EMERY'S MAP
WE BELIEVE THAT IS THE FREIGHT HOUSE IN THE RIGHT DISTANCE
TWO IMAGES FROM LONG ISLAND RAILROADER DECEMBER 1951
THIRD RAIL HAD BEEN REMOVED
THERE WAS STILL SOME FREIGHT BUSINESS AS LATE AS SEPTEMBER 1978
SITE OF BRIDGE STREET DRAW
DAVE KELLER SENDS ALONG THIS PHOTO FROM APRIL 8 1927
AND A CLOSE UP - THANKS DAVE!
THIS MACHINE PROTECTED ------
THIS SWING BRIDGE ON THE BUSHWICK BRANCH
continued on ----> WHITESTONE BRANCH PART THREE
return to ----> WHITESTONE BRANCH PART ONE
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