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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.
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Congrats to an amazing leader AND mentor!
From Highlights : Howard Kroplick honored as one of “Nassau County’s Top Business Leaders” last Thursday
Congratulations Howard. Well deserved
From Highlights : Howard Kroplick honored as one of “Nassau County’s Top Business Leaders” last Thursday
Congratulations! So very well deserved!
From Highlights : Howard Kroplick honored as one of “Nassau County’s Top Business Leaders” last Thursday
Marvelous set of collector vehicles-all in pristine condition! They don’t make ‘em like they used to. There’s something about the Shelby Cobra style that has stood the test of time…
From The 1984 Domino's Tritan A2 Aerocar At Old Westbury Gardens
Since 1978 finding the money to demolish this bridge was a concern. Finally in 1982 Nassau County received an award of $480,000 from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation “in connection with a project titled “REMOVAL OF MOTOR PARKWAY BRIDGES”. The East Williston bridge project most probably was included in this award. Article is from Newsday of July 22, 1982.
From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge
What do the plans depict?
The lift plan to remove the girder supports for a railroad overpass bridge.
This is removal as the ELEVATION view notes where to cut the girder, and
the SECTION A-A notes “MAIN GIRDER REMOVAL ONLY”.
The structure in the plans
Railroad overpass. Dual rail tracks are depicted in the drawing.
There were three railroad overpasses: Bethpage, Mineola, and Williston.
Bethpage also had a road overpass, while the other two were simple
similar double track lines. Williston over the Oyster Bay branch seems
to be at the slight angle shown in the plans. Additionally, this overpass
has a matching number of supports on the main girder.
Year of the plans
The bridge was deconstructed in 1983 so this must be slightly earlier.
Reason for the plans
Plan your work, work your plan. This shows many details to have a safe
lift, specifying lift points, capacity, swing angles, even detailing load
spreading mats for the cranes and how to build them so they do not
foul the passing trains.
From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge
Nice find Greg! Official documentation for dismantling Motor Parkway’s Oyster Bay-LIRR bridge in Williston Park. The bridge was taken down in 1983, dating the document. Ron Ridolph photos below capturing the bridge and removal preparations
From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge
Removal of the Motor Parkway bridge spanning the LIRR tracks in Westbury.
From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge
I seem to recall a scene where Paul Hogan pulls the TV (?) antenna off the trunk of the Lincoln limousine and throws it like a boomerang. I thought that was such improbable fantasy…
From Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved; Crocodile Dundee 2 Filmed on Long Island
The plans depict the removal of the two Long Island Motor Parkway bridges over the Long Island Railroad. One was from the Oyster Bay line at the Williston Park/East Wiliston boundary and the other over the main line at Carle Place/Mineola.
From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge
Direction for making a bridge.
From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge
Croc was a good man.
I especially liked the scene where the guy tried to rob him with a small knife and Croc pulled out his huge one and scared the pants off the bad guy !!!
From Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved; Crocodile Dundee 2 Filmed on Long Island
That blueprint looks like the plans for how to demolish the LIMP bridge over the LIRR Oyster Bay branch in Williston Park / East Williston. Since the bridge came down in 1983, I’m guessing the plans were drawn up in 1982. The plans show the rigging / demo team how to prepare for and remove the bridge.
From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge
Sure looks like one of our LIRR bridges over the LIMP. I say 1908. Albertson or Mineola.
From Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved; Blueprints to Remove the East Williston Motor Parkway Railroad Bridge
Alex,
Do you have some photos of when your dad owned the Pierce? It’s a unique car, and I hope to see one someday. Writing these posts has given me a great appreciation for these high-end pre-war American cars.
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Unpublished Long Island Automotive Museum Photos from 1958 to 1962, Part 6
Great find Ariejan!
I had the same issues when trying to pair it to a Franklin.
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Never before published photos of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and 1909 Long Island Derby
I had to dig a bit, but eventually found out that the car is a 1908 Cameron model 7. See uploaded images.
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Never before published photos of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and 1909 Long Island Derby
Great spotting out that Tucker on hwy 395. That’s one of my projects sitting there.
From Greg O's Garage; The four "lost" Tuckers #1027, #1023, #1018 and #1042
It always nice to see new pictures of the early races, thanks for sharing!
As for the crashed mystery car, that one is a real challenge. Indeed Franklin came up first in my mind too, but I had problems finding a similar model. In the period between 1905 and 1910, when Franklin used these barrel shaped hoods, the never produced a model with a hooded dash. Besides several details just don’t match with Franklin like the rather steeply inclined steering column (with parallel auxiliary rod), the side lever configuration and the location of the crank handle.
Another option seemed to be the Pickard (built from 1909), which used a similar barrel shaped hood and shares the location of the crank handle. However these were only used for their larger models. The smaller cars had a different radiator shape and also were different in several details.
Coincidentally I had filed an almost identical car in my Franklin files, but based on the above mentioned observations the car clearly is something else. According to the caption the car is ‘An early Greensboro car ...’, which doesn’t really solve the mystery: Greensboro is a town in North Carolina and according to the Standard Catalog by Rae Kimes and Austin Clark Jr. a Greensboro Motor Car Company was organized in that city in 1911, with a note added that manufacture is doubted. So is the car a real Greensboro car or just an early car in Greensboro? More research will be needed to find out!
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Never before published photos of the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes and 1909 Long Island Derby
The Godfather
From Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved; Crocodile Dundee 2 Filmed on Long Island
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