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THE     LONG     ISLAND     RAIL     ROAD     COMPANY
ACCESSING  THE  NEW  STATION
THE       JAMAICA       ELIMINATION


PART     THREE


JULY     1913


JULY   1913   -   CONSTRUCTION   HAS   BEGUN   ON   "JE"   TOWER   AND   SIGNAL   BRIDGE
YARD   "E"   IS   IN   SERVICE   -   CABIN   FOUR   IS   SEEN   AT   LEFT


CABIN     FOUR




AUGUST     1913


ON   AUGUST   18   THE   EAST   LAYUP   -   TRACK   AT   RIGHT   -   WAS   PLACED
IN   SERVICE   BETWEEN   CABIN   THREE   AND   UNION   HALL   STREET   AND
ONE   TEMPORARY   EASTBOUND   TRACK   WAS   TAKEN   OUT   OF   SERVICE




BETWEEN   AUGUST   19   AND   AUGUST   21   A   NEW   MAIN   LINE   TRACK   WAS   PLACED   IN   SERVICE   BETWEEN   CABIN   THREE   AND   UNION   HALL   STREET   -   THIS   AUGUST   25   PHOTOGRAPH   SHOWS   EASTBOUND   TRAINS   DEPARTING   VIA THE   EAST   LAYUP   AND   THE   MAIN   LINE




ON   AUGUST   21   1913   THE   EASTBOUND   ATLANTIC   DIVISION   TRACK   WAS
PLACED   IN   SERVICE   (STATION   TO   LOWER   LEFT   CORNER   OF   PHOTO)
(THIS   IS   A   "COMPLETION   PHOTO"   FROM   NOVEMBER   27,   1916)


"COMPLETION   PHOTO"   OF   NOVEMBER   27,   1916)




JE   TOWER   FROM   THE   JOHNSON   AVENUE   (DUNTON   SHOP)   LEAD


JE   TOWER   FROM   PLATFORM   "D"


CABIN   SEVEN   FROM   WASHINGTON   STREET   BRIDGE   CIRCA   1925,
ONE   OF   TWO   CABINS   THAT   REMAINED   AFTER   1913.




CABIN   SEVEN   HAD   THREE   TWO   LEVER   MACHINES   AND   CONTROLLED
THESE   HAND   OPERATED   SWITCHES   AND   THE   SIGNALS   PROTECTING   THEM


CABIN   SEVEN   CLOSED   DECEMBER   8   1929



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Go   to   ----->   THE   JAMAICA   ELIMINATION   -   "J"   TOWER   -   OFFICE   BUILDING

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