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FROM JULY 1844 UNTIL 1875 MAIL WAS CARRIED BY TRAIN TO GREENPORT AND THEN BY BOAT TO SAG HARBOR. FROM 1875 UNTIL MID 1881 MAIL WAS CARRIED ON SAG HARBOR TRAINS VIA MANORVILLE. THEREAFTER THE SERVICE WAS VIA THE MONTAUK BRANCH, THE COMPLETION OF THE RAILROAD HAVING BEEN MADE BETWEEN PATCHOGUE AND EASTPORT.
AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE RAILROAD CALLED THE STATION |
SEYFRIED'S VOLUME THREE LOCATES MORICHES STATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH COUNTRY ROAD, NORTH OF THE TRACK - WHERE THE NORTH (RIGHT) POLE LINE ENDS JUST BEYOND THE TRACK SHANTY. EASTPORT JUNCTION WAS CREATED IN 1881 WHEN THE BROOKLYN & MONTAUK RAILROAD COMPANY EXTENDED THE TRACK A DISTANCE OF 19.18 MILES FROM PATCHOGUE TO A CONNECTION WITH THE SAG HARBOR BRANCH AT EASTPORT. |