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THE   BROOKLYN   HEIGHTS   RAILROAD   COMPANY
SIGNAL   STATION   NUMBER   ELEVEN   AND   ONE   HALF     -     "L"   CABIN
THE   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD   COMPANY




JAMAICA   PLANK   ROAD   BECAME   JAMAICA   AVENUE

CABIN WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MONTAUK BRANCH WEST OF
JAMAICA AVENUE CROSSING AND OPERATED SIGNALS AND DERAILS PRO -
TECTING THE TROLLEY CROSSING AND OPERATED THE CROSSING GATES.  


THE CABIN HAD A FOUR LEVER INTERLOCKING MACHINE WITH THREE WORKING LEVERS AND ONE SPACE.
THE BLUEPRINTS INDICATE THAT THE LEVERS WERE ORIGINALLY INSIDE THE CABIN.
THE CABIN STRUCTURE MAY HAVE BEEN MOVED OR REPLACED BY A SMALLER BUILDING AND THE LEVERS LEFT ALONE.


LOOKING   SOUTH   EAST   IN   1916


1900   BLUEPRINT

INTERESTINGLY THERE WERE NO SIGNALS ON THE STREET FOR
THE TROLLEY CARS, ONLY DERAILS AND THE CROSSING GATES.




TOWERS 11 ("RM", WEST RICHMOND HILL) AND 12 ("RC", RICHMOND HILL) WERE BLOCK
STATIONS AND WERE REPLACED BY AUTOMATIC SIGNALS IN 1908.   11 1/2 LAY WITHIN
12'S INTERLOCKING LIMITS AND THEIR SIGNALS WERE INTERCONNECTED.




IN   1906   OR   1907   11 1/2   BECAME   "L"   CABIN
IN   1923 - 1924   THE   GRADE   CROSSING   WAS   ELIMINATED   BY   ELEVATING   THE   TRACKS.


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