Rocky Point station
Rocky Point | |||||||||||
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 The former Thurber Lumber yard that occupied the site of the former station until 2016. | |||||||||||
| Location | Broadway & Prince Road Rocky Point, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°56′59″N 72°55′22″W / 40.949660°N 72.922666°WCoordinates: 40°56′59″N 72°55′22″W / 40.949660°N 72.922666°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Wading River Branch | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 27, 1895[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1938 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||
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Rocky Point was a station on the Wading River Extension on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. This abandoned station was just east Broadway between King Road & Prince Road, along what is now access for Long Island Power Authority power lines.
History[]
Rocky Point station was originally built in 1895 during the extension of the Port Jefferson Branch to Wading River[2] and was once slated to continue eastward and rejoin the Main Line at either Riverhead or Calverton.
The line east of Port Jefferson, which included the Rocky Point station, was abandoned in 1938, and the station house became a lumber yard which survived into the 21st Century. The right-of-way is now owned by the Long Island Power Authority and used for power lines, but there are plans to create a rail trail for bicycling, running, and walking.[3] The Thurber Lumber Yard no longer exists.[4]
Bibliography[]
- Allen, W.F. (1895). Travelers' Official Railway Guide for the United States, Canada and Mexico Containing Railway Time Schedules, Connections and Distances. New York, New York: The National Railway Publication Company. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
References[]
- ^ "Wading River Branch Inspected". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 25, 1895. p. 7. Retrieved April 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Allen 1895, p. 236.
- ^ Rather, John (2009-04-10). "Agreement Moves Rails-to-Trails Project Forward". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Longtime lumber companies close doors," by Giselle Barkley; TBR News Media; January 15, 2016
External links[]
- Wading River Extension (Unofficial LIRR History.com)
- Wading River Branch (Arrt's Arrchives)
- Former Rocky Point Long Island Rail Road station (Road & Rail Pictures)
- Trains Are Fun.com:
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- Former Long Island Rail Road stations in Suffolk County, New York
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1895
- Railway stations closed in 1938
- 1895 establishments in New York (state)
- 1938 disestablishments in New York (state)
- New York (state) railway station stubs