The

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of the

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of Brodhead's Bridge in

Olive, New York Olive is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Ulster County, New York, Ulster County, New York (state), New York, United States. The town is west of Kingston, New York, Kingston, New York (state), New York and is inside the Catskil ...

was at

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18.1 on the

Ulster and Delaware Railroad The Ulster and Delaware Railroad (U&D) was a railroad located in the state of New York. It was often advertised as "The Only All-Rail Route to the Catskill Mountains." At its greatest extent, the U&D extended from Kingston Point on the Hudson R ...

. It was a destination for

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and vacationers from

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who would stay at local resort homes (boarding houses) and use the nearby

Esopus Creek Esopus Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River that drains the east-central Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. From its source at Winnisook Lake on the slopes of Slide Mountain, the Catskills' highest peak, it flows across Uls ...

to swim and fish. Similar resort villages named Atwood and Olive Bridge were also served by this station, which was abandoned in 1913 before it was submerged by the waters of the newly built

Ashokan Reservoir The Ashokan Reservoir (; Iroquoian languages, Iroquois for "place of fish") is a reservoir (water), reservoir in Ulster County, New York. It is at the eastern end of the Catskill Park, and is one of several in the region created to New York City ...

References

Railway stations in the Catskill Mountains Railway stations in the United States opened in 1869 Railway stations closed in 1913 Former Ulster and Delaware Railroad stations 1869 establishments in New York (state) Railway stations in Ulster County, New York Former railway stations in New York (state) 1913 disestablishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-railstation-stub