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THE     LONG     ISLAND     RAIL     ROAD     COMPANY
DUNTON   STATION   AND   MP   TOWER
THE   SOUTH   SIDE   RAIL   ROAD   COMPANY   OF   LONG   ISLAND


DUNTON     STATION

TIME   TABLES   FROM   1869   AND   1870   SHOW   VAN   WYCK   AVENUE   STATION.
BEER'S 1873 ATLAS AND COLTON'S 1873 MAP SHOW BERLIN STATION AT THE CROSSING
OF THE SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD AND THE BROOKLYN CENTRAL AND JAMAICA RAILROAD




DUNTON   STATION   AND   VAN   WYCK   AVENUE   GRADE   CROSSING   IN   1904


AND   IN   1908


  IN 1910 THE MAIN LINE TRACKS CROSSING VAN WYCK AVENUE WERE
RAISED AND THE CROSSING ELIMIMINATED.   IN THE FOREGROUND IS
THE ATLANTIC BRANCH AND THE FIRST TEMPORARY DUNTON STATION.

TOWER NUMBER 67 LATER "MP" ON THE ATLANTIC BRANCH AT EAST END OF MORRIS PARK SHOPS.


SEPTEMBER   12,   1911   -   THE MONTAUK DIVISION EMBANKMENT AND
THE UNDERJUMP TO THE PASSENGER YARDS ARE BEING COMPLETED.


THE   RETAINING   WALL   AND   MAURE   AVENUE UNDERJUMP REQUIRED UNUSUAL CONSTRUCTION













CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW STATION DECEMBER 16, 1913


THE NEW DUNTON STATION AND MP TOWER OPENED BY APRIL 1914