Author: Elizur Brace Hinsdale
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Author: Elizur Brace Hinsdale
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498148306
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1898 Edition.

Author: Historical Records Survey (New York, N.Y.)
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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Author: Marilyn E. Weigold
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814794005
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Spanning the shores of Connecticut and Long Island, New York, the Long Island Sound is one of the most picturesque places in North America. From the discovery of the Sound in 1614, to the adventures of Captain Kidd, to the sinking of the Lexington in the sound in 1840, the Long Island Sound also holds a unique place in American history. The Long Island Sound traces the growth of fishing and shipbuilding villages along the sound to the development of major industrial ports, resort towns, and suburban communities along the sound. Marilyn Weigold discusses the subsequent overcrowding and pollution that resulted from this prosperity and expansion. Originally published in 1974 as The American Mediterranean and long out of print, The Long Island Sound has been updated by the author with a new preface and final chapter describing the Sound in the twenty-first century. In this new edition, Weigold particularly focuses on environmental concerns, and describes more current milestones, like the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, who fought and won in 1995 to set aside 100,000 acres as NY State's first forest preserve; the continuous construction of the Long Island Expressway, with its forty-one miles of HOV lanes; the attempt made by several of Connecticut's coastal cities to reinvigorate urban redevelopment; and the Long Island Sound Study's investigation of toxic substances—both natural and man-made—which continue to contaminate the waterway. Through over 40 stunning photographs and many fascinating stories, The Long Island Sound tells the history of a vastly populated, but underdiscussed, part of America.

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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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Author: Historical Records Survey (New York, N.Y.)
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 742

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Author: Cadmus Book Shop
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892

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Author: Brian J. Cudahy
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 082322211X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501

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A 150-year history of the planning, construction, and development of all forms of mass transportation in Brooklyn, New York. How We Got to Coney Island is the definitive history of mass transportation in Brooklyn. Covering 150 years of extraordinary growth, Cudahy tells the complete story of the trolleys, street cars, steamboats, and railways that helped create New York’s largest borough—and the remarkable system that grew to connect the world’s most famous seaside resort with Brooklyn, New York City across the river, and, ultimately, the rest of the world. Includes tables, charts, photographs, and maps. Praise for How We Got to Coney Island “This is an example of a familiar and decidedly old-fashioned genre of transport history. It is primarily an examination of the business politics of railway development and amalgamation in Brooklyn and adjoining districts since the mid-nineteenth century.” —The Journal of Transport History

Author: Stan Fischler
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 9780760326855
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Granted an operating charter in 1834, the Long Island Railroad is the oldest railway in America operating under its original name. This illustrated history begins with its origins in the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad in 1832, and covers such topics as the original attempts to reach Boston via Long Island and ferry services to Connecticut.