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Sam - Neat!  Ron

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they are on the bridge that the LIMP ran under,near Duryea/Maxess. The bridge connected 2 parts of a farm together, based on my LIMP education. I have the pics of the bridge date in my room, but offhand its 1909 I believe (although it could be 1908 lol)

From Mystery Foto #11 Solved: Sammy on the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville

{R. Troy - missed your question!} Several DC-2s survive and the Dutch have one flying.  Ercoupes abound in many guises!  ERCO, the original builder, was founded in 1930 by Henry Berliner, son of famed telephone, gramophone, and helicopter inventor Emile Berliner (no relation of mine).  A Spartan Executive (although a 12W) survives in Tulsa.  Air & Space has a Sikorsky JRS-1 (Navy S-43) and Howard Hughes’ S-43 survives in Florida, both being restored, and there is one restored in Arizona.  One Skyfarer survives in Iowa.  Sam, III

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Great post. Very interesting. Thank you Maureen for sharing this info and the great photos. I had no idea the information regarding this lodge was such a mystery. Two questions:

1) How did you get in touch with Maureen?

2) Where EXACTLY was the lodge moved to? There is a reason I’m asking but in this post it says it was moved south of the ROW. This might be a job for our cartographer extraordinaire Frank. A few years a ago I came across a large pile of debris that could be remains of a structure that is just south of the LIMP, east of RTE 110 so I’m wondering if this might be remnants of the lodge or an outbuilding perhaps?
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Howard Kroplick

1) Maureen contacted me after finding this website.

2). In 1938 this section of the Motor Parkway was given to Suffolk County. The building was moved south of Motor Parkway at least 50 feet from the middle of the road.

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Maxess Road in Melville. 
Ezekiel Smith farmway bridge (1910) going over the Parkway.

From Mystery Foto #11 Solved: Sammy on the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville

That sure looks like Sammy relaxing on top of the abutment for the Ezekiel Smith farmway bridge, built in 1910 and now near Maxess Road in Melville.

From Mystery Foto #11 Solved: Sammy on the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville

Thanks for the presentation—never seen that before.

Ken

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Wonderful presentation-thanks!

Ken Harris

From Update: VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Memories of Living in the Huntington Lodge in Melville

The old photos showing Melville lodge is a reminder of our family farm off Vanderbilt Pkwy in Hauppauge post WWll.
Growing up on a farm ,close to the land is an experience that sets values that lasts a lifetime.
I also trailed the old Motor Pkwy routes and the remains ot a much older road paralleling and somtitime crossing over Motor Pkwy.
Some of old Bridge Rd. Still exists in Hauppauge.
Bridge Rd was once a stage coach and wagon trail and at that time was.still visible in the woods alongside.the pkwy. My brother Joe and I would follow the old road ,sometimes just two parallel depressions in the leaves with trees growing between.
Occasionally on the sides of the path you would find large stones tossed aside by passing travelers.
“The good old days”, I can still smell the soil and fresh air.
Thank you for the memories.  Phil.

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on Maxxes Road

From Mystery Foto #11 Solved: Sammy on the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville

Rutland Road Bridge, Melville NY Built in 1910

From Mystery Foto #11 Solved: Sammy on the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville

Totally amazing!  Thanks for sharing this with us Howard.
Walt

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Very nice rare picture of the back of the Huntington Lodge.You don’t see many picture of the back of Lodges. Heard from people, They moved the Lodge, its nice to see from the picture,they moved it off the Motorpky R.O.W and saved it for a while.So They were right.  Keep up the great work.

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Hi Howard:    S E N S A T I O N A L   !!!!  My hats off to you, Al and Ms. Standish !!!

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Yikes!!! The Huntington Lodge has finally been revealed! Very much thanks to Maureen for submitting her early photographs and of the lodge in Melville. This has been an impossible search up to now. The basement/foundation is very similar to that of the Lake Ronkonkoma Lodge. What incredible news that rarely comes around. I truly thought I would never see what this lodge actually looked like. Things were looking pretty dim for a while. Great stuff!! Thank you again Maureen.

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The photo with the International Cub tractor has to be early post war. The Cubs came out in 1947 and were unchanged through 1953.

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Maureen Standish….So wonderful of you to provide Howard with an amazing amount of info about your childhood home/life and your memories of the LIMP. VERY RARE that such detailed account of the Huntington Lodge has become available. Thank you on top of Thank you!

Your elementary school Sweet Hollow brought out the searcher in me. I came across a Sweet Hollow School on a 1956 Topographical Map that was ( or still is? ) on the north side of Duryea Rd, east of Broad Hollow Rd. There’s also a P.S. marked on my 1994 Hagstrom Atlas south of Duryea Rd. But I believe this school isn’t there anymore ( now PSEG LI property. ) I’ve been employed with LILCO since 1987. PSEG LI is the present and 4th electric utility to replace LILCO. My last thought was a school that was located further east between the LIMP “farmway” bridge and Duryea Rd ( District #15 ). I’m sticking with the school I first mentioned.      Many Thanks Again,  Brian

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Hi Dave & Sam! Knowing that your car was waiting for you 2 in Dix Hills, this location was close to your journey’s end from Stewart Ave. Sam is taking in some rays on the top of the north abutment ( Ezekiel Smith Farm Way Bridge ) in Melville. Built in 1910.

Dave….When you have a chance, take a look back at your 4/25/2017 Blog Central Ave to Caroline St. In the comments section, a Brian other than myself stated that the concrete base N/O Central Ave & LIRR was an older,smaller transmission tower that was cut down. This was my theory, too. Maybe he has memories of the Rte. 135 construction, too?

From Mystery Foto #11 Solved: Sammy on the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville

If anyone gets the year it was built wrong they should get their LIMP membership suspended!

From Mystery Foto #11 Solved: Sammy on the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville

On the abutment of the Ezekiel Smith farmway bridge just east of Route 110 in Melville between 110 and Ruland Road.  The 1910 construction date still stamped into concrete.

From Mystery Foto #11 Solved: Sammy on the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville