Wreck Lead was a train station along the
Long Beach Branch of the
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk Co ...
. The station was opened in June 1888 by the
New York and Long Beach Railroad to serve numerous fishing clubs and hotels. This station was a flag stop. Wreck Lead consisted of a low cinder platform on the northeast side of the
Reynolds Channel (south of here, the railroad traverses the channel via the Wreck Lead Bridge). In 1911, a second platform was installed on the west side of the tracks and on January 15, 1927, and Wreck Lead became the terminus of the double-tracking of the Long Beach Branch. Wreck Lead closed on December 31, 1927.
See also
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Long Beach Branch
References
External links
Odd Interlude at Wreck Lead (Sam Berlinner III's Long Island Rail Road site)
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Former Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888
Railway stations closed in 1927