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ORIGINALLY
WELLWOOD - LATER BRESLAU
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PUBLIC TIME TABLE OF JANUARY 1, 1869
THE STATION'S NAME WAS "WELLWOOD".
PUBLIC TIME TABLE OF MAY 30, 1870
STATION IS NOW "BRESLAU".
FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE WEDNESDAY MAY 25, 1870
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FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE SATURDAY JUNE 4, 1870
FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE TUESDAY JUNE 7, 1870
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(2) (5)
(3) (6)
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CONDUCTOR LOUIS RINGHOUSE, WHO HAD STARTED WITH THE
SOUTH SIDE RAIL ROAD, WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE IN 1909
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FROM "SKETCHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, HISTORICAL
AND DESCRIPTIVE" BY RICHARD M. BAYLES, 1873
BEHIND THE EASTBOUND TRAIN IS NEHRINGS HOTEL
FROM "SKETCHES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, HISTORICAL
AND DESCRIPTIVE" BY RICHARD M. BAYLES, 1873
THIS BUILDING ON SCHOOL STREET IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN BUILT IN 1870 AS
A DEPOT BY WELWOOD AND SCHLEIER WHO CREATED "THE CITY OF BRESLAU".
BY DECEMBER 1870 IT HAD BEEN MOVED TO SCHOOL STREET.
"OLD TIMERS" HAVE CALLED THIS THE "FIRST DEPOT - MOVED TO
SCHOOL ST. FOR USE AS SCHOOL - 1870. SCHOOL HOUSE UNTIL 1877."
FROM THE VILLAGE OF LINDENHURST WEBSITE:
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".....Huntington farmers, who built a one-room schoolhouse on what is West Montauk
Highway, established our present public school system in 1841. In 1870 the German
settlers established another school on School Street. A new wooden school was built in 1876."
IT IS FURTHER THOUGHT THAT THE BUILDING BECAME A
(THE FIRST) FIREHOUSE AND LATER A PRIVATE DWELLING.
"In 1877 the “Breslau Feuer Wehr” (Fire Protection) was formed. Four years later
the name was changed to the Breslau Engine Company, as it is still known today.
This same year, the “Union Hook & Ladder Company” was organized.
In 1884, the “Library Hose Company” was formed. By 1885, these three companies,
with a total of 44 men, combined and became known as the “Breslau Fire Department”
THE SCHOOL AND AN ENGINE HOUSE ARE SHOWN ON THIS 1888 MAP
FROM THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE FEBRUARY 23, 1881
THIS DESCRIPTION IS NOT HISTORICALLY ACCURATE BUT DOES EXPLAIN THAT THE
BRESLAU & FIRE ISLAND RAILROAD WAS ENVISIONED BY WELWOOD AND SCHLEIER.
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD OF LONG ISLAND HAD A BRESLAU STATION
LOCATED EAST OF WELLWOOD AVENUE - NOTE THE WIDTH OF PROPERTY
THE 66 FOOT ROW IS WIDENED TO 100 FEET.
THIS MAP FROM 1873 SHOWS BRESLAU STATION
IN 1891 BRESLAU WAS RENAMED LINDENHURST
AND THE 1868 DEPOT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED
THANKS TO DAVE KELLER FOR THESE 1891 AND 1897 VIEWS
Photo courtesy of Ed Meinhold, Lindenhurst Historical
Society, 1901 Restored LIRR Depot Site Manager VIA DAVE KELLER
Photo courtesy of Ed Meinhold, Lindenhurst Historical
Society, 1901 Restored LIRR Depot Site Manager
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Photo courtesy of Ed Meinhold, Lindenhurst Historical
Society, 1901 Restored LIRR Depot Site Manager
LINDENHURST STATION IN 1897
THE BAY WINDOW HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE NORTH
VALUATION PLAN FROM 1916
ANOTHER WONDERFUL BOB EMERY MAP
IN 1901 THE 1868 DEPOT BURNED AND THIS STRUCTURE WAS ERECTED.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH APPARENTLY SHOWS THE STATION
NEW AS THE BAY WINDOW HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED
IN THE DISTANCE THE FREIGHT HOUSE CAN BE SEEN
THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS 1906 - 1907. THE D-16b LOCOMOTIVE
IS NEW, THE TRAIN ORDER SIGNAL IS STILL THERE
THESE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS ARE CIRCA 1910.
THE TRAIN ORDER SIGNAL IS GONE, A COVERED EXPRESS PLATFORM
HAS BEEN ADDED. IN THE DISTANCE THE FREIGHT HOUSE CAN BE SEEN
THE GRADE CROSSING IS WELLWOOD AVENUE
LOOKING NORTH ON WELLWOOD AVENUE - NEHRING'S HOTEL BUILDING IS TO THE LEFT
MANUAL GATES WERE INSTALLED
LINDENHURST STATION 1913 - 1917
ELECTRIC LIGHTS HAVE REPLACED THE GAS LAMPS AND THE BAY
WINDOW HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE EAST END OF THE STRUCTURE
IN THE LATE TWENTIES J. V. OSBORNE PHOTOGRAPHED THE STATION FROM THE NORTHEAST
THE COVERED EXPRESS PLATFORM WAS STILL THERE
IN THE LATE TWENTIES THE FREIGHT SIDINGS WERE ELECTRIFIED
IN THE 1930'S OR 1940'S THE STATION WAS MOVED EAST AND THE FREIGHT HOUSE WAS
MOVED WEST. THEY WERE JOINED AND PLACED ON A CONCRETE FOUNDATION. THE BAY
WINDOW WAS APPARENTLY REMOVED AND THE ENTRANCE CHANGED TO THE WEST WALL.
BOB EMERY PHOTOGRAPHED THE STATION IN 1958
DAVE KELLER PHOTOGRAPHED THE STATION IN 1966
DAVE KELLER PHOTOGRAPHED THE STATION AGAIN IN 1967
ART PHOTOGRAPHED THE STATION FROM THE TRAIN IN 1968
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