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THE   CONEY   ISLAND   ELEVATED   RAILWAY   CONTINUED

IN OCTOBER 1897 THE SEA VIEW RAIL ROAD WAS OWNED BY THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY. IN 1897 OR EARLY 1898 ELECTRIFICATION WAS BEGUN. ON MAY 23, 1899 THE SEA VIEW BOUGHT THE BROOKLYN & BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD. go to -----> BROOKLYN & BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD ON JULY 1, 1899 THE SEA VIEW WAS LEASED TO THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS RAILROAD. ON MAY 2, 1900 THE COMPANY WAS AQUIRED BY THE KINGS COUNTY ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANY. ON MAY 9, 1900 THESE COMPANIES WERE MERGED AND ON MAY 24 THEY MERGED WITH THE BROOKLYN UNION ELEVATED RAILROAD. IN 1900 THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED. THE TRACKS WERE RELAID ON THE GROUND AND USED TO CONNECT THE BRIGHTON LINE WITH THE CULVER LINE.

THE PROPERTY BOUGHT FROM THE KINGS COUNTY RAILWAY AND THE CONEY ISLAND
ELEVATED RAILWAY/SEA VIEW RAIL ROAD TERMINAL AT THE BRIGHTON BEACH HOTEL.


THIS VIEW IS 1890 OR LATER AS THE CONEY ISLAND AND BROOKLYN RAILROAD - LEFT FOREGROUND
TO RIGHT - HAS BEEN ELECTRIFIED.   ONE OF THEIR CARS IS IN THE DISTANCE AT THE RIGHT.
THE CONEY ISLAND ELEVATED RY. / SEA VIEW R.R. DEPOT IS JUST WEST OF THE HOTEL BRIGHTON.




ACCORDING TO THIS DOCUMENT THE ORIGINAL TERMINAL WAS MOVED EAST TO THE MARINE
RAILWAY DEPOT AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS EXTENDED VIA A LOOP BACK TO THE MAIN TRACK.




THIS ARTIST'S RENDITION FROM 1886 - 1889 SHOWS THE CIERY/SVRR ELEVATED LINE.


THIS LARGER VIEW SHOWS THE BRIDGE OVER OCEAN PARKWAY.


THIS LARGER VIEW SHOWS BOTH THE ORIGINAL DEPOT AND THE
NEW ONE AT THE MARINE RAILWAY DEPOT.   NO LOOP IS SHOWN.


THIS BLURRY IMAGE IS FROM AN 1880'S STEREO VIEW PHOTOGRAPH.   THE VIEW IS EAST
TOWARD BRIGHTON BEACH AND SHOWS THE C.I.E.RY. BRIDGE OVER OCEAN PARKWAY.


IN THE LEFT FOREGROUND OF THE 1890'S PHOTO ARE TWO BOYNTON BICYCLE
(MONORAIL) RAILROAD STEAM LOCOMOTIVES - "CYCLES" - WHICH RAN ON
THE FORMER NEW YORK AND BRIGHTON BEACH RAILWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY.


THIS MAP SHOWS THE C. I. E. RY./SEA VIEW R. R. AND THE N. Y. & B. B. RY.




CLOSEST


A CONEY ISLAND ELEVATED TRAIN CROSSING OCEAN PARKWAY


1881 VIEW SHOWS VANDERVEER'S RESTAURANT AND BATHING PAVILION,
THE SEASIDE AQUARIUM AND A C.I.E.RY. TRAIN


CLOSER VIEW


CLOSEST


1885 STEREO VIEW PHOTO


IN THIS 1905 PHOTO THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE HAS BEEN REMOVED.


CULVER   TERMINAL   1899   or   1900.
ELEVATED   STRUCTURE   OF   THE   CONEY   ISLAND   ELEVATED   CLEARLY   VISIBLE   (SEA   VIEW   RAILWAY)


IN 1900 THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE OF THE CONEY ISLAND ELEVATED (SEA VIEW RAILWAY) WAS DEMOLISHED.
THE TRACKS WERE RELAID ON THE GROUND AND USED
TO CONNECT THE BRIGHTON LINE WITH THE CULVER LINE.

1904   NEW   CULVER   TERMINAL





IN THE DISTANCE A BRIGHTON BEACH TRAIN IS MOVING ACROSS THE NEW SWITCHES
A ROLLER COASTER AT THE RIGHT


NEW YORK & SEA BEACH RAILWAY PASSENGERS COULD RIDE
FROM SEA BEACH PALACE TO BRIGHTON BEACH ON THE C.I.E.RY.


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