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LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY
THE VANDERBILT CUP RACE
and THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
PART TWO
THE GRAND STAND LOCATED BETWEEN THE PRESENT
NEWBRIDGE ROAD AND HICKSVILLE ROAD (ROUTE 107).
THIS PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF MARK AT oil4kids.com
SHOWS ONE OF TWO AREAS WHERE L.I.M.P RAN ADJACENT TO THE L.I.R.R.
THIS MAY BE LOOKING EAST FROM OLD JERUSALEM ROAD, NOW OLD WESTBURY
ROAD, TOWARDS NEW BRIDGE ROAD WHERE THE L.I.R.R. HAD A PASSING SIDING
THIS ENLARGEMENT OF THE SAME PHOTO SHOWS A TRAIN,
TENDER FIRST OR A TANK ENGINE, IN THE DISTANCE
CIRCA 1916 L.I.R.R. MAPS SHOW L.I.M.P. RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING L.I.R.R. ROW.
EAST OF DIVISION STREET (NOW AVENUE) WAS A CINDER PLATFORM
1512 FEET LONG TO ACCOMMODATE PASSENGERS FOR THE GRANDSTAND
circa 1916 L.I.R.R. MAP SHOWS L.I.M.P. RIGHT OF WAY AT DEAD MAN'S CURVE
100 FEET WIDE AND RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY 62.5 FEET WIDE
1941 HAGSTROM'S MAP
circa 1950 MAP SHOWS REMNANTS OF MOTOR PARKWAY EAST AND WEST OF LEVITTOWN
INCLUDING "DEAD MAN'S CURVE" EAST OF STEWART AVENUE, THEN CENTRAL PARK AVENUE.
IDENTIFIED AS "DEAD MAN'S CURVE" - LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
L.I.M.P. BRIDGE OVER LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD MAIN LINE
SOUTH OF CENTRAL PARK STATION.
JANUARY 8, 1934 LOOKING NORTHWEST.
CENTRAL PARK
A STRAIGHTAWAY NEAR FARMINGDALE.
THREE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM LIMP BRIDGES
TWO TAKEN IN 1952 FROM LIMP BRIDGE EAST OF MINEOLA
FROM BRIDGE EAST OF EAST WILLISTON
TRAIN NUMBER 552 WITH OYSTER BAY CLUB CAR
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THE VANDERBILT CUP RACE
and THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
PART TWO
THE GRAND STAND LOCATED BETWEEN THE PRESENT
NEWBRIDGE ROAD AND HICKSVILLE ROAD (ROUTE 107).
THIS PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF MARK AT oil4kids.com
SHOWS ONE OF TWO AREAS WHERE L.I.M.P RAN ADJACENT TO THE L.I.R.R.
THIS MAY BE LOOKING EAST FROM OLD JERUSALEM ROAD, NOW OLD WESTBURY
ROAD, TOWARDS NEW BRIDGE ROAD WHERE THE L.I.R.R. HAD A PASSING SIDING
THIS ENLARGEMENT OF THE SAME PHOTO SHOWS A TRAIN,
TENDER FIRST OR A TANK ENGINE, IN THE DISTANCE
CIRCA 1916 L.I.R.R. MAPS SHOW L.I.M.P. RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING L.I.R.R. ROW.
EAST OF DIVISION STREET (NOW AVENUE) WAS A CINDER PLATFORM
1512 FEET LONG TO ACCOMMODATE PASSENGERS FOR THE GRANDSTAND
circa 1916 L.I.R.R. MAP SHOWS L.I.M.P. RIGHT OF WAY AT DEAD MAN'S CURVE
100 FEET WIDE AND RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY 62.5 FEET WIDE
1941 HAGSTROM'S MAP
circa 1950 MAP SHOWS REMNANTS OF MOTOR PARKWAY EAST AND WEST OF LEVITTOWN
INCLUDING "DEAD MAN'S CURVE" EAST OF STEWART AVENUE, THEN CENTRAL PARK AVENUE.
IDENTIFIED AS "DEAD MAN'S CURVE" - LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
L.I.M.P. BRIDGE OVER LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD MAIN LINE
SOUTH OF CENTRAL PARK STATION.
JANUARY 8, 1934 LOOKING NORTHWEST.
CENTRAL PARK
A STRAIGHTAWAY NEAR FARMINGDALE.
FROM
1930 EAGLE AUTOMOBILE GUIDE FROM
A 1936 MAGAZINE
THREE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM LIMP BRIDGES
TWO TAKEN IN 1952 FROM LIMP BRIDGE EAST OF MINEOLA
FROM BRIDGE EAST OF EAST WILLISTON
TRAIN NUMBER 552 WITH OYSTER BAY CLUB CAR
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