Port Ivory was a

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on the abandoned

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of the

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, in the

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region of

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. It was located from the

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History

The station served

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and, until 1914, neighboring industry Milliken Steel (which became Downey's Shipyard) as well. The station opened in 1906, and SIRT provided & scheduled trains to meet shift changes at Procter & Gamble. In 1925, a section of track was electrified from Arlington to Port Ivory. The passenger station closed in 1948. This was the terminal of the North Shore Branch until its closure. The Port Ivory Station platform was behind the Procter & Gamble employee cafeteria. Most trains terminated one station to the south at Arlington, but the SIRT ran some trains farther west through the yard to the Western Avenue grade crossing, then into the Procter & Gamble plant yard. The plant was the B & O's largest customer on the island. There was a main receiving yard at the plant, which was full of covered hoppers. Procter & Gamble was such as busy place that cars were moved and spotted by a company-owned switching locomotive.

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* http://gretschviking.net/GOSIRTNorthShore.htm {{coord missing, New York City North Shore Branch stations Railway stations closed in 1948 Railway stations in the United States opened in 1906 1906 establishments in New York City 1948 disestablishments in New York (state)