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THE   HUNTERS   POINT   &   SOUTH   SIDE   RAILROAD   COMPANY

TOWER   NUMBER   SIX   -   MV   TOWER   -   OLIVET   TOWER

THE   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD   COMPANY


TOWER   NUMBER   SIX

NOVEMBER   20,   1895   BLUEPRINT





IN 1906 OR 1907 THE NUMBER SIX WAS REPLACED BY THE TELEGRAPHIC CALL LETTERS "MV".





ON   APRIL  22,  1937   MV   BECAME

TOWER


LOOKING   WEST   IN   1944


LOOKING   EAST   IN   1944


EASTBOUND   HAULER   WITH   H10s   NUMBER   113   AUGUST   30,  1946
H10S NUMBER 113 WAS HAND FIRED AND THIS WAS THE RAILROAD'S STEEPEST HILL.
ANOTHER H10s WOULD BE HELPING BEHIND THE HACK.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVE KELLER - MANY THANKS DAVE!


FRANK RESCHKE TOOK THIS PHENOMINAL PHOTOGRAPH.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FRANK ZAHN - THANKS FRANK!




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