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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


CROSSING     PROTECTION


BARRIER     GATES



BARRIER   GATES   AT   NOSTRAND   AVENUE   ON   THE   ATLANTIC   DIVISION

LOOKING   NORTH


LOOKING   EAST


BARRIER   GATES   AT   ROCKAWAY   AVENUE   EAST   NEW   YORK   ON   THE   ATLANTIC   DIVISION





" A   SUBSTANTIAL   CROSSING   BARRIER "

FROM   RAILWAY   AGE   GAZETTE,   JULY   16,   1915


BARNUM   ISLAND   ROAD   ISLAND   PARK









CARLETON   AVENUE   -   WHEELER   ROAD   CENTRAL   ISLIP



THE   AUTOMATIC   BARRIER

SOUTH   OYSTER   BAY   ROAD   CROSSING   WEST   OF   MASSAPEQUA




HIDDEN   AT   THE   LEVEL   OF   THE   PAVEMENT   UNTIL   A   TRAIN   APPROACHED


UPON   THE   APPROACH   OF   A   TRAIN   THE   BARRIERS   WERE   RAISED   TO   DESTROY   THE
FRONT   TIRES   OR   PERHAPS   REMOVE   THE   REAR   AXLE   FROM   A   TRANSGRESSING   VEHICLE





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