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CENTRAL AVENUE
( COOPER AVENUE )
TOWER NUMBER 9 - "GW" TOWER
WAS AT THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF COOPER AVENUE CROSSING.
THIS TOWER WAS A BLOCK STATION, OPERATED THE CROSSING GATES, AND
WAS CLOSED IN 1908 WHEN AUTOMATIC SIGNALS WERE PLACED IN SERVICE.
LOOKING EAST AUGUST 28, 1929
LOOKING SOUTHWEST AUGUST 28, 1929 - GRADE CROSSING IN DISTANCE
LOOKING SOUTHWEST MAY 24, 1934 - GRADE CROSSING IN DISTANCE
LOOKING NORTHEAST MAY 24, 1934 - GRADE CROSSING IN DISTANCE
LOOKING NORTHEAST JUNE 15, 1935 - NEW UNDERGRADE BRIDGE IN DISTANCE
LOOKING SOUTHWEST JUNE 15, 1935 - NEW UNDERGRADE BRIDGE IN DISTANCE
DRY HOLLOW ROAD - 80TH STREET
LOOKING NORTH AUGUST 28, 1929
WALTER J. VOGT TRADED IN SILK BRAIDS
Vogt, Walter J., & Co., Inc. Dry Harbor Road. (Glendale.) Est. 1888 Inc. 1924.
Walter J. Vogt. Pres. & Sec.: Harry Vogt. Treas.
Braids, Fringes, Chenilles & Trimmings. 400 Braiders. 40 Knitters. 10 Winders.
2 Twisters. Electric. Employ 60. Buy Art. Silk Yarn. Sell Direct.
L. A. Jegen Co., Chicago; E. D. Henschel, Los Angeles, S. Agts.
SAME PHOTO - LOOKING NORTH AUGUST 28, 1929
LOOKING SOUTH AUGUST 28, 1929
PART OF SAME PHOTO ENLARGED
LOOKING NORTH JANUARY 13, 1936
LOOKING NORTH OCTOBER 27, 1936
LOOKING EAST OCTOBER 29, 1936
LOOKING WEST OCTOBER 29, 1936
LOOKING EAST JANUARY 1971 - photo by RICHARD F. MAKSE - MANY THANKS DICK!
TRACKS AT LEFT WERE ATLAS TERMINAL
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VAN DINE AVENUE - 88TH STREET
LOOKING EAST AUGUST 7, 1970 - photo by RICHARD F. MAKSE - THANKS AGAIN DICK!
GLENDALE JUNCTION
GLENDALE JUNCTION WAS CREATED IN 1880 WHEN THE NEW YORK, WOODHAVEN & ROCKAWAY RAIL -
ROAD WAS JOINED WITH THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD BY MEANS OF A DOUBLE TRACK CONNECTION.
go to BY RAIL TO THE ROCKAWAYS
HENRY WILHELM, LONGTIME ERA MEMBER, DREW THIS
MAP FROM AN ARTICLE IN RAILWAY AGE FROM JULY, 1908.
A TWO STORY FRAME TOWER WAS CONSTRUCTED AROUND A UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL COMPANY
SAXBY & FARMER INTERLOCKING MACHINE AND OPENED AUGUST 26. WHEN THE BLOCK SIGNAL
SYSTEM WAS PUT IN EFFECT THIS TOWER BECAME NUMBER 10 AND WAS LATER "JD" TOWER.
WHEN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN IN 1910 THE GLENDALE CUT-OFF, VISIBLE IN THE
BACKGROUND, WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED TO ALLOW ELECTRIC TRAINS TO AND FROM PENN
STATION TO REPLACE THE STEAM SERVICE FROM LONG ISLAND CITY TO THE ROCKAWAYS.
"JD" WAS CLOSED AND TORN DOWN IN 1910.
THE GRADE CROSSING IN THE FOREGROUND IS VAN DINE AVENUE.
THE 1900 AND 1908 CROSSING LISTS SHOW THE PRIVATE CROSSING OF JAMES VANDERVEER,
PROTECTED BY "FARM GATES", ON THE ROCKAWAY BEACH DIVISION BETWEEN
JD TOWER AND TROTTING COURSE LANE GRADE CROSSING.
THE ABOVE MAP SHOWS THE VANDERVEER PROPERTY AND TROTTING COURSE
LANE AT THE RIGHT. THE CLOSE-UP BELOW SHOWS WHAT APPEAR TO BE
STANDARD HIGHWAY CROSSING GATES TO THE RIGHT OF THE TOWER.
WE IMAGINE VANDERVEER HAD FARM GATES SIMILAR TO THIS
FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES IN 1909 - 1910 STANDARD HIGHWAY
CROSSING GATES MAY HAVE REPLACED THE FARM GATES.
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