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Kearny - Long Island City |
Emery map - Dutch Kills to Greenpoint Ave., Kearny - 9/958 -
Annotations: Steven Lynch |
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2. Montauk Cutoff Lift
Bridge |
4. Texas Oil
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Montauk Cutoff 1910 Single Span Lift Bridge #N514
Dutch Kills LIRR bridge crossings - View S
Foreground bridge: Montauk Cutoff to Sunnyside Yard - Background Bridge:
Swing Bridge at DB Tower - Photo/Archive: Joe Gregory
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Texas Oil Co. refinery located at Review
Ave and 29th St. just east of Dutch Kills Creek |
Texas Oil Co. View SW toward Greenpoint tanks
Texaco Oil Co. - Sanborn revised 1950
Slide: George Lightfoot, III
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6. BLISS Tower |
20. Swing Bridge
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21. DB Cabin |
"BS" BLISS Tower 8/12/959 - Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
Dutch Kills Swing Bridge - #S8 |
"DB" cabin and Dutch Kills swing bridge
View NW - 12/25/1970
Photo/Archive: Dave Keller |
"DB" Cabin was just painted May, 1963. The Saxby & Farmer interlocking
machine is clearly visible with white levers, i.e. spares. The cabin had
been newly painted and since the old telegraph call, DB, was no longer
listed in the timetable, the bridgetender told me the sign was scrap.
Photo/Archive: Richard F. Makse |
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22. Bloch & Guggenheimer
Pickle Works - 23./29. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., and
Supply Yard - 28. National Container Co. |
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Bloch & Guggenheimer Inc., Kearny
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24. Horowitz Bros., Food
Products |
28. National Container
Co. |
30. Thypin Steel Co. |
Horowitz Bros. & Margareten
29-00 Review Ave. - #3 on '66 map
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
View of south side of American Calmal and
Horowitz Bros. & Margareten building
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
National Container Corp., Kearny
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Thypin Steel, Kearny
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
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31. Radio Engineering |
Radio Engineering Labs, Kearny
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
YFD #104 crossing Borden Ave., Kearny - View N
Photo/Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
YFD #104 Borden Ave. & 30th St., Kearny
Photo/Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
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Kearny Sidings - LIRR map 1966 |
Industry
Track Cap.
1. Texaco 3
2. American Calmal Corp. 2
3. Horowitz & Margareten 3
4. Owens-Illinois Glass Corp.
Paper products Division a. 8
b. 2
c. 2
5. DeTecto Scale 2
6. Radio Engineering Labs 4
7. New York Envelope 4
8. Warren Connelly Co. 2
9. Thypin Steel a. 2
b. 2
10. Hiram Walker 3
11. Egleston Bros. 6
13. Metal Purchasing 3
14. Bloch & Guggenheimer 4
15. Frok & Sechel 2
YFD #104 re-entering the Montauk Cutoff passing
location #2
Photo/Archive: Jeff Erlitz
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2. American Calmal Corp. |
3. No. American Phillips
Co., Inc. |
4b. American & Ephrid |
4b. Thomson Industries |
American Calmal Corp.-Horowitz & Margareten at left
North American
Philips at right
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
North American Philips Co., Inc., Kearny view S at the crossing on
Review Ave, across the "main" from spot 3 (Margareten), siding wasn't
shown on the '66 map as it was put in after that date. -
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
American & Ephrid, Kearny at 4b
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
Thomson Industries, Kearny at 4b later Drew Paper -
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
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4b. Drew Paper |
4c. Saxon Paper |
4a-b, & 5. Drew Paper ex- DeTecto
Scale |
7. NY Envelope |
Drew Paper Products, Kearny view E on Review Ave.
The track would be to the extreme right of the photo.
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
Saxon Paper, Kearny view W on Starr Ave at the street side of the
building served by siding at 4c
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Drew Paper, Kearny -
Note: Abandoned Sears/DeTecto siding at right -
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
NY Envelope/Waldes siding, Kearny
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
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10. Hiram Walker |
10.
Duane Reade |
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Hiram Walker 49-29 30th Pl., Kearny
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
Duane Reade, Kearny
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
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11. Egleston Bros. Steel |
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Street view 1940
31st St. and 31st Place north of
Borden Ave. |
Steel Shop interior
1940 |
New addition 1940
Photos Archive:
Library of Congress
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Street View Addition 1940 |
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11. Alabama Pipe |
13. Metal Purchasing (ex-Jones
& Laughlin Steel Co. spot) |
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Alabama Pipe, Kearny c.1986
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
Metal Purchasing Co., 24-25 Review Ave., Kearny
Slide: George Lightfoot, III |
YFD #104 Metal Purchasing Co. Kearny
1/23/1979 -
Photo/Archive: Jeff Erlitz |
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LI City- BLISS Secondary - Kearny Siding - 1980 - Design/Archive: Jeff
Erlitz |
