THE NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH RAILWAY |
THE BROOKLYN, FLATBUSH AND CONEY ISLAND RAILWAY |
SHEEPSHEAD BAY JUNCTION
New DECEMBER 27, 2002 - Revised MAY 29, 2009
IN 1899 AN INTERLOCKING WAS BUILT AT EMMONS (NEPTUNE) AVENUE
AND THE MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH WAS CONNECTED WITH THE
BRIGHTON LINE AND THE NEPTUNE AVENUE TROLLEY LINE ALLOWING
B.R.T. TRAINS AND TROLLEYS TO RUN TO MANHATTAN BEACH.
A STATION WAS ESTABLISHED AND PEOPLE CHANGED
TO AND FROM ELEVATED CARS AND TROLLEYS
THE TOWER WAS NUMBER 79 1/2.
LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD EMMONS (NEPTUNE) AVENUE AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY JUNCTION.
L.I.R.R. MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH AND TOWER NUMBER 79 1/2 IN DISTANCE AT LEFT.
JULY 1903 LOOKING WEST ON THE MANHATTAN BEACH LINE -
A TROLLEY IS PASSING THROUGH THE INTERLOCKING ON THE BRIGHTON LINE.
THE INTERLOCKING WAS REBUILT IN JUNE 1906 FOR THE TEMPORARY
OPERATION OF BRIGHTON LINE TRAINS ON THE MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH.
LOOKING WEST CIRCA 1908
IN THIS PHOTO CIRCA 1909 THE TOWER NUMBER HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY THE TELEGRAPHIC CALL LETTERS "SQ".
LOOKING WEST ON EMMONS (NEPTUNE) AVENUE AT BRIGHTON
LINE CROSSING BEFORE GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION
LOOKING EAST ON EMMONS (NEPTUNE) AVENUE CROSSING AFTER
GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION. L.I.R.R. IN DISTANCE
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