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THE CONEY ISLAND ELEVATED RAILWAY THE SEA VIEW RAIL ROAD COMPANY SEA VIEW RAILWAY COMPANY OF CONEY ISLAND THE NEW YORK & ATLANTIC RAILROAD COMPANY THE KINGS COUNTY RAILWAY COMPANY WEST BROOKLYN RAILROAD COMPANY CONEY ISLAND ELECTRICAL RAILWAY COMPANY |
IN OCTOBER 1897 THE SEA VIEW RAIL ROAD WAS OWNED BY THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY. IN 1897 OR EARLY 1898 ELECTRIFICATION WAS BEGUN. ON MAY 23, 1899 THE SEA VIEW BOUGHT THE BROOKLYN & BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD. go to -----> BROOKLYN & BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD ON JULY 1, 1899 THE SEA VIEW WAS LEASED TO THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS RAILROAD. ON MAY 2, 1900 THE COMPANY WAS AQUIRED BY THE KINGS COUNTY ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANY. ON MAY 9, 1900 THESE COMPANIES WERE MERGED AND ON MAY 24 THEY MERGED WITH THE BROOKLYN UNION ELEVATED RAILROAD. IN 1900 THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED. THE TRACKS WERE RELAID ON THE GROUND AND USED TO CONNECT THE BRIGHTON LINE WITH THE CULVER LINE. |