Long Island railroad collection, 1857-1942.

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Long Island railroad collection, 1857-1942.

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Annual reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission and to the Board of Railroad Commissioners, State of New York, of the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad, 1889 and 1890,; title register of the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad; agreement pertaining to the railroad right of way, 1871; and copies, ca. 1936, of town records pertaining to the railroad, 1869-1892. Also, a report on the Long Island Rail Road by J.G. White Engineering Corporation, four volumes, 1942, with maps showing railroad and bus routes in Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties; plus a broadside advertising train/ferry service to New London, Conn., 1857.

.6 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Smithtown Library. Richard H. Handley Long Island History Room.

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The Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad was operated by the Long Island Rail Road. From the description of Long Island railroad collection, 1857-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155535762 Collecting area: History of the Town of Smithtown, N.Y. from colonial times to the present. Will also accept materials on the history of Suffolk County, N.Y. or Long Island in general. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155536539...

Long Island Railroad Company.

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Commuter railroad service in Brooklyn dates to 1834 and the founding of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) during that year. Originally conceived as a means to connect Brooklyn to Boston, Massachusetts more directly, the LIRR played a significant role in the development and economic growth of Long Island's suburban communities, particularly after the railroad was directly linked to Manhattan in the 1880s. As of 2010, the LIRR is the largest and busiest commuter railroad in the United S...

J.G. White Engineering Corporation.

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Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad.

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United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...