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CP PAL |
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The current Palermo control post sign (Ocean City Junction) at the former junction site |
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11/28/2013 Upload Date: 11/29/2013 6:48:25 PM |
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Palermo, NJ |
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Looking towards Ocean City |
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Only ties remain straight through the woods of the Ocean City branch. The current line curves to the left and onto the power plant at Beesleys Point |
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11/28/2013 Upload Date: 11/29/2013 6:48:24 PM |
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Palermo, NJ |
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Begining of the former Ocean City branch |
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Looking towards Tuckahoe and with Ocean City to the rear, the switch has been removed and only the line to the Beesleys Point power plant is what remains |
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11/28/2013 Upload Date: 11/29/2013 6:48:22 PM |
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Palermo, NJ |
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Ties in the woods |
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Back on the Tuckahoe side of Stcgecoach Rd, the ties and a lone telegraph pole are all that remain of the once busy Ocean City Branch |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/8/2013 10:34:50 PM |
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Palermo, NJ |
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Stagecoach Rd looking towards Tuckahoe |
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The former, double tracked grade crossing at Stagecoach Rd |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/8/2013 10:34:50 PM |
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Palermo, NJ |
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Double tracked former roadbeds, looking towards Ocean City |
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The two sets of ties remain in the woods. The main line and passing siding, which later was used to store cars for the Beesleys Point Power Plant |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/8/2013 10:34:50 PM |
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Palermo, NJ |
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Rt 9, looking towards Tuckahoe |
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The spot were the Ocean City branch once crossed Rt 9. The Palermo shelter stood just beyond the telegraph poll |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:25 PM |
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Palermo, NJ |
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| Title: |
Electrical Box |
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The electrical box in the weeds off of Rt 9 that once controlled the power to the crossing signals |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:07 PM |
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Palermo, NJ |
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Roadbed in the woods on the mainland |
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With the GSP to the rear, the ties continue in through the woods (facing Rt 9) |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:23 PM |
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Palermo, NJ |
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| Title: |
Garden State Parkway Overpass |
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Looking towards Ocean City, the GSP passes overhead |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:08 PM |
| Location: |
Palermo, NJ |
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| Title: |
Garden State Parkway Overpass |
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Just under the Parkway overpass (facing the mainland), the roadbed now heads out into the marsh |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:22 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Garden State Parkway overpass in the distance |
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Standing on the former roadbed, looking back towards the GSP overpass and the mainland |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:09 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Sun Bleached Ties |
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All that remains are the former ties that onced carried passengers to the seashore (GSP in the distance) |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:21 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Sole Fishplate |
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Of the hundreds of ties that remain on the former roadbed, this was the only fishplate that had not been removed |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:21 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Bridge on the Ocean City Branch |
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Another view of the small bridge, looking back towards the mainland |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:10 PM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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Bridge over one of the small creeks out in the marshes |
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Not far from the Parkway overpass stands this small bridge spanning a creek in the marshes |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:09 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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Another view of the bridge |
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Standing on the former roadbed, looking towards the mainland |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:11 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Former roadbed |
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With the small bridge in the foreground, this shot is facing the mainland |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:12 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
The mainland in the distance |
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The great span of marshland separating Ocean City and the mainland of NJ |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:20 PM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Former signal poll |
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Looking towards Ocean City with what remains of the former poll that once held the semaphore |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:12 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Signal Poll |
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An old signal poll rusting away out in the marshes. (facing the mainland) |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:13 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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Start of the sole remaining rail on the Ocean City Branch |
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The beginning of the only section of rail left on the Ocean City branch in the marsh (bridge in foreground, looking towards OC) |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:19 PM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Final bridge spanning a creek before Crook Horn |
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The rails remain, although badly mangled on this bridge leading to the island before Crook Horn Creek |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:14 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Bridge prior to Crook Horn |
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Standing atop the final bridge before the island leading to the once Crook Horn Movable Bridge |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:15 PM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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On the bridge with Ocean City behind |
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Looking back at where the Ocean City branch broke into the marshes from the mainland |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:17 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Twisted Iron |
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Close up view of the severely twisted rails across the bridge |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:18 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Badly Mangled Rails |
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"End of the line" for me! Due to the years of unsuse and fast moving currents at high tide, the badly damaged rails prevent any access to the small island that led to Crook Horn Bridge |
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5/26/2012 Upload Date: 10/31/2013 11:07:16 PM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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Across the channel |
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Standing in Ocean City and looking across Crook Horn Creek at the former bridge approach. Although hard to make out, rails are still visible in the overgrowth |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:39 AM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Utility Support |
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This "platform" once supported the electrical transformers that were used to supply power to Crook Horn Bridge. It was painted red in recent years |
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11/26/2015 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 7:05:34 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Looking back into Ocean City |
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With Crook Horn Creek behind, this view shows the roadbed from the former bridge into the island |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:40 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Interlocking lever |
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Part of the interlocking mechanism for the signal and smashboard, now covered in poison ivy |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:38 AM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Rusting away |
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Interlocking piping still in the stand and rusted guide wheel |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:37 AM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Smashboard Base |
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All that remains of the smashboard stand |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:37 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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Rusted mechanisms |
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Part of the semaphore and smashboard interlocking mechanisms |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:36 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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Looking towards NJ's mainland |
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Crook Horn Bridge once stood just pass the bushes and shrubs that now dot the former roadbed |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:35 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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Former semaphore stand |
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Although badly rusted, the finial still remains atop of the old semaphore poll |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:32 AM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
Close up of the semaphore poll |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:33 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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Base of the semaphore stand |
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Part of the access ladder still remains at the foot of the semaphore stand |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:34 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
View towards Crook Horn |
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Standing on the roadbed and looking towards Crook Horn with the old bridge access road to the left |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:31 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
The curve into Ocean City |
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At about 52nd Street, one can look back and still notice the curve of the former line into Ocean City |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:29 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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Overgrown roadbed in Ocean City |
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Standing at about 51st Street in Ocean City and looking towards Crook Horn |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:27 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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Along Haven Ave |
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Sections of intact track remain along Haven Ave. Much of it has been "landscaped" into private gardens by the local residents. |
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11/26/2015 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 7:09:31 PM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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At 48th St |
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Looking north along the former RoW in Ocean City along Haven Ave & 48th St |
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11/26/2015 Upload Date: 11/27/2015 7:11:00 PM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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| Title: |
10th Street Station |
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With the rails long since removed, the former train station now serves NJT bus passengers |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:42 AM |
| Location: |
Ocean City, NJ |
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Ben Kranefeld |
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10th Street Station |
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Under the overhang on the platform at the former rail station in Ocean City |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:43 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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10th Street Station |
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Inside the station which now serves bus passengers, rather than rail |
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5/27/2012 Upload Date: 11/1/2013 12:18:44 AM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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Ocean City Station |
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In 2016, the city restored the turret that was part of the Reading Railroad's original design. The turret had been removed in the 1940s. |
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9/11/2017 Upload Date: 10/9/2017 3:35:26 PM |
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Ocean City, NJ |
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Robert Kranefeld |
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