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  • Updated:The Role of the Motor Parkway in the Development of the Cruise Missile
    Nov 20 2025

    Updated:The Role of the Motor Parkway in the Development of the Cruise Missile

    Hard to believe the Long Island Motor Parkway is connected to the development of the cruise missile?

  • Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and  the Curtiss Engineering Corporation
    Feb 18 2013

    Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation

    Last Friday's mystery photo has been solved. The aerial is looking north towards Curtiss Engineering Corporation and Curtiss Field in Garden City and East Garden City in 1927.



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Sep 30 2026 Hi Joe, According to what I can find on the site here, the Botto Bridge is Station 472. Pretty sure station numbers were assigned…

Sep 29 2026 May I ask?  What exactly was “station500+00 on Botto.”  Was that the bridge?

Sep 28 2026 Hi everyone. Photographer & Pilot were aboard a Plane taking film of Long Island in 1938. This area is looking north at…

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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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