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Copyright © 2001-2010 Arthur John Huneke
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO FIRE ISLAND - THE WATSON HOUSE
THE BABYLON RAIL ROAD
Made a new page October 31, 2001 - - - revised FEBRUARY 12, 2010
SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD OF LONG ISLAND 1873
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1873 BEERS ATLAS SHOWS WATSON HOUSE ON EAST SIDE OF FIRE ISLAND AVENUE AND THE TRACK OF THE BABYLON RAIL ROAD COMPANY, A HORSE CAR AND LATER A TROLLEY LINE WHICH RAN FROM THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD BABYLON STATION TO THE FIRE ISLAND DOCK. THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND TERMINAL STATION WAS BUILT LATER IN 1873 ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WATSON HOUSE. THE C.R.R.L.I. WAS NEVER BUILT TO THE DOCK AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. |
below from Vincent F. Seyfried's THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD Part Two
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FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
TIMETABLE OF DECEMBER 4, 1873 copy courtesy of SETH BRAMSON THANKS SETH!
FLUSHING & NORTH SIDE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND TIME TABLE FROM
LONG ISLAND TIMES OF JUNE 4, 1874 SHOWS SERVICE TO C.R.R.L.I. BABYLON TERMINAL.
BY JULY 1875 CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND TRAINS WERE RUNNING TO PATCHOGUE AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD TRAINS ONLY TO BABYLON. PRESUMABLY THE WATSON HOUSE STATION WAS NO LONGER USED. ON THE C.R.R.L.I. TABLE NOTE THE LOCATION "DARRYNANE" WHICH ALSO APPEARS IN AN 1880 L.I.R.R. EMPLOYE TIME TABLE.
WATSON HOUSE BABYLON AND THE HOME OF S. C. SMITH, PROPRIETOR.
THIS CARD SHOWS A BABYLON RAILROAD CAR
PAUL MATUS OFFERS THIS CURRENT PHOTO OF THE HOME
OF S. C. SMITH, THE 1873 PROPRIETOR OF THE WATSON HOUSE.
