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THE PROSPECT PARK AND SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILROAD WAS INCORPORATED JUNE 15, 1888 AND 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. THE P. P. & S. B. JOINED THE P. P. & C. I. AT KENSINGTON JUNCTION AND THE BROOKLYN, BATH & WEST END AT CITY LINE JUNCTION AT NINTH AVENUE. |
ON JUNE 29, 1953 BILL SLADE PHOTOGRAPHED PCC NUMBER 1079 ENTERING THE LOOP. IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE LOOP TRACK WHERE IT CROSSED THE SOUTHBOUND TRACK AND RAN TO A CONNECTION WITH THE NORTHBOUND. AT THE RIGHT CAN BE SEEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STEEL WORK FOR THE CULVER SHUTTLE WHICH REPLACED THROUGH SERVICE FROM HERE TO NINTH AVENUE WHEN THE CULVER LINE WAS CONNECTED WITH THE IND OCTOBER 30, 1954.
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