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LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY
THE VANDERBILT CUP RACE
and THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
PART ONE
FROM LONG ISLAND FORUM JUNE 1962 - WITH THANKS
"You may use the Forum article as long as it is properly credited. Richard F. Welch Editor, LI Forum"
THREE PORTIONS OF CIRCA 1916 LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD PLAN SHOWING:
(1) EASTERN TERMINUS AT LAKE RONKONKOMA
(2) WESTERN END
(3) IN RELATION TO THE CENTRAL EXTENSION AND BETHPAGE BRANCH.
1927 SOCONY ROAD MAP - Route 25A is now 25.
1937 MAP
L.I.R.R. MAP REVISED IN 1926 SHOWS L.I.M.P. CONNECTION
CROSSING CENTRAL EXTENSION AT WEST END OF MITCHEL FIELD.
PARALLEL STREET SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. IS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
"PROPOSED ROAD" AT LEFT IS OAK STREET.
PROBABLY MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION, 1973 LOOKING WEST
AND LOOKING EAST
THE VANDERBILT CUP RACE
and THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
PART ONE
FROM LONG ISLAND FORUM JUNE 1962 - WITH THANKS
"You may use the Forum article as long as it is properly credited. Richard F. Welch Editor, LI Forum"
THREE PORTIONS OF CIRCA 1916 LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD PLAN SHOWING:
(1) EASTERN TERMINUS AT LAKE RONKONKOMA
(2) WESTERN END
(3) IN RELATION TO THE CENTRAL EXTENSION AND BETHPAGE BRANCH.
1927 SOCONY ROAD MAP - Route 25A is now 25.
1937 MAP
L.I.R.R. MAP REVISED IN 1926 SHOWS L.I.M.P. CONNECTION
CROSSING CENTRAL EXTENSION AT WEST END OF MITCHEL FIELD.
PARALLEL STREET SOUTH OF L.I.R.R. IS COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
"PROPOSED ROAD" AT LEFT IS OAK STREET.
PROBABLY MOTOR PARKWAY CONNECTION, 1973 LOOKING WEST
AND LOOKING EAST
1905 VANDERBILT CUP RACE
1908 VANDERBILT CUP RACE
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