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Copyright © 2009 Arthur John Huneke
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"NO" CABINS - "NO" TOWERS
IN MAY 1883 A TOWER WAS ERECTED IN EAST NEW YORK TO PROTECT THE CROSSING AT GRADE OF THE
ATLANTIC AND MANHATTAN BEACH DIVISIONS. TOWER NUMBER 63 LATER BECAME "NO" TOWER.
IN 1915 THE MANHATTAN BEACH (BAY RIDGE BRANCH) TRACKS WERE MOVED
TO THE NEW FOUR TRACK TUNNEL AND NO TOWER WAS DEMOLISHED.
IN 1918 FOUR INTERLOCKINGS AND CABINS WERE INSTALLED ON THE MANHATTAN BEACH DIVISION.
OCTOBER 18, 1918 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 88
NO CABIN WAS LOCATED EAST OF NEW LOTS ROAD.
IN THE DISTANCE CAN BE SEEN THE B.R.T. CANARSIE LINE STATION AT NEW LOTS ROAD.
THERE WAS NO BLOCK SIGNAL SYSTEM IN EFFECT ON THE MANHATTAN BEACH DIVISION AT THIS TIME.
IN 1925 NEW LOTS CLASSIFICATION YARD WAS BEING
BUILT AND NO CABIN WAS MOVED TO EAST 92ND STREET.
HENRY WILHELM'S MAP SHOWS THE CABIN AND TOWER.
NEW LOTS CLASSIFICATION YARD
NO CABIN WAS MOVED TO EAST 92ND STREET
IN MAY 1927 THE BRANCH WAS BEING ELECTRIFIED. THE FOUR CABINS WERE STILL IN SERVICE.
MAY 18, 1927 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 106
BY OCTOBER 1927 TOWERS HAD REPLACED CABINS AT FN AND NO AND KN CABIN HAD BEEN REMOVED.
OCTOBER 19, 1927 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 107
NO CABIN WAS REPLACED BY A BRICK TOWER WITH A 23 LEVER UNION
MODEL 14 MACHINE AND ELECTRO - PNEUMATIC INTERLOCKING.
AT THE FAR RIGHT IS THE CONTROL PANEL FOR ENERGIZING
AND KILLING INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS OF CATENARY.
BY MAY 23, 1928 NU TOWER HAD REPLACED NU CABIN AND
MANUAL BLOCK RULES WERE IN EFFECT BETWEEN FN AND NU.
FROM EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 108
BY JUNE 16, 1929 AUTOMATIC SIGNALS HAD BEEN INSTALLED BETWEEN DF AND NO TOWERS.
FROM EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 110
IN 1933 THE SWITCHES WERE MADE HAND THROWN AND THE TOWER WAS CLOSED.
AUTOMATIC SIGNALS WERE REMOVED AND MANUAL BLOCK RE-INSTITUTED.
GENERAL ORDER 117-4
IN 1938 THE ABANDONED TOWER STILL STOOD.
IN 1985 THIS SIGNAL CASE AND CATENARY POLE FOUNDATION REMAINED.
