VALLEY       STREAM

From August 11, 1869 SOUTH SIDE SIGNAL Babylon Newspaper





FROM   1873   BEERS   ATLAS


"VA"   TOWER,   VALLEY   STREAM

IN   1886   AN   INTERLOCKING   WAS   INSTALLED.

IN   1903   PNEUMATIC   SIGNAL   COMPANY   OF   ROCHESTER   NEW   YORK   -   LATER
PART   OF   GENERAL   RAILWAY   SIGNAL   COMPANY   -   DREW   UP   THIS   PLAN   FOR
A   PNEUMATIC   INTERLOCKING.     THERE   IS   NO   EVIDENCE   THAT   IT   WAS   EVER
INSTALLED.       THIS   MOST   LIKELY   REPRESENTS   THE   TRACK   LAYOUT   IN   1903.

SINCERE     THANKS     TO     AL     BRECKEN     FOR     THIS     PLAN.

IN   1906   A   THIRD   TRACK   WAS   INSTALLED   BETWEEN   THE   END
OF   DOUBLE   TRACK   ON   THE   OLD   SOUTHERN   ROAD   EAST   OF
LAURELTON   AND   THE   WEST   LEG   OF   THE   WYE   AT   VALLEY   STREAM


IN  1907  THIS  TOWER  WITH  56  LEVERS  WAS  BUILT  TO  REPLACE  THE  1886  TOWER












IN  1910  TWO  NEW  TRACKS  WERE  INSTALLED  BETWEEN  VALLEY  STREAM  AND  LYNBROOK




LOOKING   WEST   FROM   ROCKAWAY   ROAD   CIRCA   1930


LOOKING   NORTH   ON   ROCKAWAY   ROAD   CIRCA   1920.   AT   THE   DISTANT
FAR   RIGHT   IS   THE   CORRUGATED   IRON   BATTERY   CAR   HOUSE.



THE   CORRUGATED   IRON   BATTERY   CAR   HOUSE.   THE   CARS'
BATTERIES   WERE   RECHARGED   INSIDE   THIS   BUILDING.
go   to   ---->   BATTERY   CARS



LOOKING   EAST   FROM   ROCKAWAY   ROAD   CIRCA   1930


LOOKING   NORTHEAST   FROM   ROCKAWAY   ROAD   CIRCA   1930


LOOKING   SOUTH   ON   FRANKLIN   AVENUE   IN   1932
BUILDING   AT   RIGHT   IS   FORMER   SUB   STATION   NUMBER   10


LOOKING   WEST   FROM   FRANKLIN   AVENUE   IN   1932


LOOKING   NORTH   ON   CENTRAL   AVENUE   IN   1922


LOOKING   WEST   TOWARD   CENTRAL   AVENUE   AUGUST   30,   1933


LOOKING   WEST   FROM   CENTRAL   AVENUE   IN   1933.

THESE   SWITCHES   ARE   ELECTRO  -  PNEUMATIC   AND   ARE   OPERATED   FROM   CA   INTERLOCKING.
LATER   THEY   BECAME   PART   OF   THE   NEW   "VA"   INTERLOCKING.   THIS   WEST   END   OF
"VA"   INTERLOCKING   AND   CENTRAL   AVENUE   GRADE   CROSSING   REMAINED   AT
GROUND   LEVEL   FOR   ANOTHER   TWENTY   YEARS.




go   to   ---->   VALLEY   STREAM   II

go   to   ---->   LYNBROOK   -   PEARSALL'S   CORNER

go   to   ---->   FAR   ROCKAWAY   -   VALLEY   STREAM   ELECTRIFICATION

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