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CENTRAL   RAIL   ROAD   COMPANY   OF   LONG   ISLAND
THE    STEWART    LINE
CENTRAL   RAIL   ROAD   EXTENSION   COMPANY   OF   LONG   ISLAND


FLORAL   PARK   TO   NASSAU   BOULEVARD


COVERT AVENUE

FORMERLY HEMPSTEAD PLAINS ROAD - LOOKING EAST IN 1946.
AUTOMATIC GATES AND AUTOMATIC SIGNALS WERE BEING INSTALLED.

IN 1878 A SINGLE TRACK WAS EXTENDED FROM STEWART JUNCTION TO

CENTRAL JUNCTION

see CENTRAL PAGE SEVEN - EAST HINSDALE, FLORAL PARK

JUST EAST OF THE CROSSING.   IN 1908 THIS TRACK WAS ELECTRIFIED.
NOTE THE OLD FASHIONED THIRD RAIL PROTECTION BOARDS ON
THE EASTBOUND TRACK. IN 1918 THE SECOND TRACK WAS INSTALLED.



STEWART   MANOR     IN 1918 BEFORE DOUBLE TRACKING.
SITE OF "HYDE PARK" - LATER "HYDE PARK CENTRAL" - STATION.


TWO 1936 VIEWS - BEFORE AND AFTER INSTALLATION OF FOOT SUBWAY.

 

"SW"   CABIN     AT NEW HYDE PARK ROAD CONTROLLED THE MANUAL BLOCK SIGNALS TO
GARDEN CITY AND FLORAL PARK. THE BLOCK OPERATOR ALSO OPERATED THE CROSSING GATES.





TANNERS   POND   ROAD     UNDERGRADE   CROSSING






THE   ELEGANT     NASSAU   BOULEVARD    STATION   AND   AVENUE   CIRCA   1909.




IN 1918 AND SIXTY YEARS LATER.




AFTER WORLD WAR TWO THE LONG ISLAND INSTALLED MANY NEW SUB STATIONS.
THIS ONE IS NASSAU BOULEVARD SUB.


continued on CENTRAL PAGE ELEVEN - GARDEN CITY

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