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Copyright © MARCH 2006 Arthur John Huneke
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
THE 1873 COLTON MAP SHOWS THE NEW YORK & FLUSHING RAIL ROAD.
THE 1873 BEERS ATLAS SHOWS THE HUNTERS POINT & SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD
BENEATH THE NAME "BERLIN" THE H.P. & S. S. CURVES TO A CONNECTION WITH THE N. Y. & F. R. R. AT "NEW YORK & FLUSHING JUNCTION".
WHEN THE BROOKLYN & MONTAUK RAILROAD DOUBLETRACKED THIS LINE IN 1880 A REALIGNMENT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY PRODUCED A GENTLER CURVE.
THE PHELPS DODGE COPPER REFINERY AFTER IT HAD CLOSED.
THIS HAD BEEN THE L. I. R. R.'S LARGEST CONSIGNEE.
THE PHELPS DODGE COPPER REFINERY AFTER IT HAD CLOSED.
THE GRADE CROSSING IS WASHINGTON AVENUE
WASHINGTON AVENUE GRADE CROSSING
THANKS TO PETER BALL OF DEER PARK FOR
THIS 1973 COLOR PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY HIS DAD
LOOKING WEST IN 1973
LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD HABERMAN'S FACTORY IN 1910
LOOKING NORTH JUST SOUTH OF CLIFTON AVENUE (46th STREET) IN 1910.
IN THE 1880'S AND UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1892, THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF LAUREL HILL STATION.
HABERMAN'S FACTORY
HABERMAN STATION
LOOKING EAST AT HABERMAN'S CROSSING - DEBEVOISE AVENUE - IN 1910.
STRAIGHT AHEAD BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE CROSSING SIGN IS VIRTUALLY
THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE FLUSHING RAIL ROAD, LATER NEW YORK & FLUSHING.
LOOKING WEST AT HABERMAN STATION IN 1910.
THE SECOND LH TOWER - ORIGINALLY TOWER NUMBER FIVE - WAS LOCATED EAST OF THE STATION.
PIPELINE TO THE SWITCH AND DERAIL AND THE BRACKET POLE HOME SIGNAL ARE SEEN.
BILL SLADE PHOTOGRAPHED ENGINE 39 WITH TRAIN NUMBER 554 ARRIVING AT HABERMAN.
BILL SLADE PHOTOGRAPHED AN EASTBOUND TRAIN DEPARTING HABERMAN.
BILL RUGEN PHOTOGRAPHED THE STATION IN 1962.
THE AUTOMATIC SIGNAL IS A "GRADE SIGNAL" - DESIGNATED BY A YELLOW DISC WITH A LETTER "G".
A HEAVY FREIGHT TRAIN COULD PASS THE SIGNAL DISPLAYING
"STOP AND PROCEED" AT RESTRICTED SPEED WITHOUT STOPPING.
IN 1998 JUST BEFORE THE STATION CLOSED.
THE "GRADE SIGNAL" AND MASPETH YARD. AT THE RIGHT IS THE GUARD TOWER FOR
THE U.S. NAVY YARD WHERE CARS WERE SWITCHED BY THEIR SIDE-ROD PLYMOUTH DIESEL.
MASPETH STATION 1895 - 1923
THANKS TO PETER BALL OF DEER PARK FOR
THESE 1973 COLOR PHOTOS TAKEN BY HIS DAD
MASPETH YARD IN 1973
MASPETH YARD IN 1973
MASPETH AVENUE LOOKING SOUTH IN 1944
MASPETH AVENUE LOOKING SOUTH IN 1973
MASPETH AVENUE LOOKING NORTH IN 1973
MASPETH YARD LOOKING EAST IN 1944
MASPETH YARD LOOKING WEST IN 1944
MASPETH AVENUE LOOKING WEST IN 1973
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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THE HUNTERS POINT and SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD
THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY
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| THE HUNTERS POINT & SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED JANUARY 5, 1870 AND WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD SEPTEMBER 14, 1872. IT WAS BUILT TO CONNECT THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD AT BUSHWICK JUNCTION WITH THE WESTERLY PORTION OF THE RECENTLY PURCHASED NEW YORK & FLUSHING RAIL ROAD AT LAUREL HILL. |
THE 1873 COLTON MAP SHOWS THE NEW YORK & FLUSHING RAIL ROAD.
THE 1873 BEERS ATLAS SHOWS THE HUNTERS POINT & SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD
BENEATH THE NAME "BERLIN" THE H.P. & S. S. CURVES TO A CONNECTION WITH THE N. Y. & F. R. R. AT "NEW YORK & FLUSHING JUNCTION".
WHEN THE BROOKLYN & MONTAUK RAILROAD DOUBLETRACKED THIS LINE IN 1880 A REALIGNMENT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY PRODUCED A GENTLER CURVE.
THE PHELPS DODGE COPPER REFINERY AFTER IT HAD CLOSED.
THIS HAD BEEN THE L. I. R. R.'S LARGEST CONSIGNEE.
THE PHELPS DODGE COPPER REFINERY AFTER IT HAD CLOSED.
THE GRADE CROSSING IS WASHINGTON AVENUE
WASHINGTON AVENUE GRADE CROSSING
THANKS TO PETER BALL OF DEER PARK FOR
THIS 1973 COLOR PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY HIS DAD
LOOKING WEST IN 1973
LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD HABERMAN'S FACTORY IN 1910
LOOKING NORTH JUST SOUTH OF CLIFTON AVENUE (46th STREET) IN 1910.
IN THE 1880'S AND UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1892, THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF LAUREL HILL STATION.
HABERMAN'S FACTORY
HABERMAN STATION
LOOKING EAST AT HABERMAN'S CROSSING - DEBEVOISE AVENUE - IN 1910.
STRAIGHT AHEAD BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE CROSSING SIGN IS VIRTUALLY
THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE FLUSHING RAIL ROAD, LATER NEW YORK & FLUSHING.
LOOKING WEST AT HABERMAN STATION IN 1910.
THE SECOND LH TOWER - ORIGINALLY TOWER NUMBER FIVE - WAS LOCATED EAST OF THE STATION.
PIPELINE TO THE SWITCH AND DERAIL AND THE BRACKET POLE HOME SIGNAL ARE SEEN.
BILL SLADE PHOTOGRAPHED ENGINE 39 WITH TRAIN NUMBER 554 ARRIVING AT HABERMAN.
BILL SLADE PHOTOGRAPHED AN EASTBOUND TRAIN DEPARTING HABERMAN.
BILL RUGEN PHOTOGRAPHED THE STATION IN 1962.
THE AUTOMATIC SIGNAL IS A "GRADE SIGNAL" - DESIGNATED BY A YELLOW DISC WITH A LETTER "G".
A HEAVY FREIGHT TRAIN COULD PASS THE SIGNAL DISPLAYING
"STOP AND PROCEED" AT RESTRICTED SPEED WITHOUT STOPPING.
IN 1998 JUST BEFORE THE STATION CLOSED.
THE "GRADE SIGNAL" AND MASPETH YARD. AT THE RIGHT IS THE GUARD TOWER FOR
THE U.S. NAVY YARD WHERE CARS WERE SWITCHED BY THEIR SIDE-ROD PLYMOUTH DIESEL.
MASPETH STATION 1895 - 1923
THANKS TO PETER BALL OF DEER PARK FOR
THESE 1973 COLOR PHOTOS TAKEN BY HIS DAD
MASPETH YARD IN 1973
MASPETH YARD IN 1973
MASPETH AVENUE LOOKING SOUTH IN 1944
MASPETH AVENUE LOOKING SOUTH IN 1973
MASPETH AVENUE LOOKING NORTH IN 1973
MASPETH YARD LOOKING EAST IN 1944
MASPETH YARD LOOKING WEST IN 1944
MASPETH AVENUE LOOKING WEST IN 1973