Tag: Central%20avenue%20motor%20parkway%20bridge
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Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson’s Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
While working as a surveyor on the Long Island Motor Parkway in 1908 and 1909, Clinton A. Robertson (above) documented the Motor Parkway construction and his fellow workers with his trusty camera.
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Updated: Mystery Postcard Foto #24 Solved: The Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge Under Construction
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged die-hard Motor Parkway fans to solve this difficult Mystery Postcard. Full disclosure: Both Al and I do not have a definitive answer.
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Mystery Foto #13 Solved: A 1944 View of the Central Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge in Bethpage
Bob Albertson challenged you to identify this Mystery Foto of a Motor Parkway bridge.
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Mystery Foto #25 Solved: The Westbury Road Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow in 1908 Updated: 6/29
Frank Femenias challenged you to solve this Motor Parkway bridge Mystery Foto.
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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Hike” II: Central Avenue to Caroline Street-Updated 5/10/2017
In the second of this new series, Sammy and Dave documented their excellent Motor Parkway hike from Central Avenue to Caroline Street in Bethpage.
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Driver of the Week: Charles Ewing Easter -Winner of the 1908 Jericho Sweepstakes
This week's driver of the week is Charles Ewing Easter who drove the #N3 Buick to victory in the 1908 Nassau Sweepstakes.
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Mystery Foto #48 Solved: Building the Long Island Motor Parkway Through the Stymus Farm in Bethpage
This Mystery Foto is one of my favorite images of the construction of the Motor Parkway.
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The 100 Planned Bridges Over & Under the Long Island Motor Parkway
Brian McCarthy has forwarded this question: How many Motor Parkway bridges were planned but never built?
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From the Garden City Archives: Building the Bridges of the Long Island Motor Parkway
The building of the Motor Parkway was well documented by photographers throughout the summer of 1908. The best compilation of these construction photos was found in a scrapbook Vanderbilt's Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Mystery Foto #6 Solved:A View From the Central Avenue/LIRR Railroad Bridge in Bethpage Updated: 2/13
Frank Femenias challenged you again to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…