History of the Long Island Railroad Company, 1834-1898
Author : Elizur Brace Hinsdale
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : Elizur Brace Hinsdale
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 43,66 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : Elizur Brace Hinsdale
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 50,75 MB
Release : 2014-08-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781498148306
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1898 Edition.
Author : Robert C. Sturm
Publisher :
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 37,31 MB
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9780988691643
A corporate history of the Long Island Rail Road prior to its acquisition by the State of New York
Author : Mildred Hesse Smith
Publisher :
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 31,25 MB
Release : 1958
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ISBN :
Author : Vincent F. Seyfried
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
The Long Island Railroad is the third oldest in the USA and has been in operation since 1836. When it opened in 1867 the South Side Railroad was its first direct competitor. In his detailed book, Vincent F. Seyfried has given a comprehensive account of its development.
Author : Herbert M. Stempel
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 16,30 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Local transit
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Author : David D. Morrison
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1439628688
Chartered in 1834 to provide a route between New York City and Boston, the Long Island Rail Road ran from the Brooklyn waterfront through the center of Long Island to Greenport. The railroad served the agricultural market on Long Island until branches and competing lines eventually developed on the north and south shores of the island and several hundred passenger stations were built. After Penn Station was opened in 1910, the number of passengers commuting between Manhattan and Long Island began to multiply. Today, one hundred twenty-five stations serve the Long Island Rail Road. Long Island Rail Road Stations contains vintage postcards of the old Penn Station, which was demolished in the mid-1960s; the Grand Stairway at the Forest Hills Station, where Theodore Roosevelt delivered his famous unification speech on July 4, 1917; and the Amagansett station building, where Nazi spies boarded a train bound for New York City on June 13, 1942. Many of the historic stations featured in this book have been preserved by local preservation groups, while others have been replaced with modern buildings to accommodate the passengers who commute on the nation's largest commuter railroad.
Author : Don Fisher
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 26,16 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1467102539
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), the oldest railroad in the country still operating under its original name, was chartered in 1834 for the purpose of running trains from the Brooklyn waterfront to the eastern terminal at Greenport. The east end of the LIRR main line consists of a 70-mile stretch of track from Hicksville to Greenport. At one time, there were 29 passenger stations along this east end route, 14 of which are active today. A decommissioned signal tower and obsolete turntable are located on this route. Two stations, Riverhead and Greenport, are locations of the Railroad Museum of Long Island. The 23 miles of track between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma is electrified by third rail current, the electrification having been completed in 1987. Single-track territory since 1844, the line is currently being double-tracked as far east as Ronkonkoma.
Author : David Keller
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 16,22 MB
Release : 2005-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531622701
Planned and chartered on April 24, 1834, the Long Island Rail Road commenced operations in 1836 to provide a route to Boston. Stretching 110 miles east of New York City, the Long Island Rail Road has been the backbone of population growth and suburban development for over a hundred years. Electrification was begun on the Long Island Rail Road in 1905. Whether it was commuter, freight, or special trains, third-rail operations played a major role in the Long Island Rail Road's development as well as the people, places, and industries it served. This book offers an insider's view of the Morris Park shops and photographs of the varied passenger operations found on the Long Island Rail Road.
Author : Marilyn E. Weigold
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2004-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814794005
Spanning the shores of Connecticut and Long Island, New York, the Long Island Sound is one of the most picturesque places in North America. From the discovery of the Sound in 1614, to the adventures of Captain Kidd, to the sinking of the Lexington in the sound in 1840, the Long Island Sound also holds a unique place in American history. The Long Island Sound traces the growth of fishing and shipbuilding villages along the sound to the development of major industrial ports, resort towns, and suburban communities along the sound. Marilyn Weigold discusses the subsequent overcrowding and pollution that resulted from this prosperity and expansion. Originally published in 1974 as The American Mediterranean and long out of print, The Long Island Sound has been updated by the author with a new preface and final chapter describing the Sound in the twenty-first century. In this new edition, Weigold particularly focuses on environmental concerns, and describes more current milestones, like the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, who fought and won in 1995 to set aside 100,000 acres as NY State's first forest preserve; the continuous construction of the Long Island Expressway, with its forty-one miles of HOV lanes; the attempt made by several of Connecticut's coastal cities to reinvigorate urban redevelopment; and the Long Island Sound Study's investigation of toxic substances—both natural and man-made—which continue to contaminate the waterway. Through over 40 stunning photographs and many fascinating stories, The Long Island Sound tells the history of a vastly populated, but underdiscussed, part of America.