Sub-series 8.3: Nassau County Companies, 1907 - 1923
Scope and Contents
The Harvey Mordetsky Collection comprises approximately 5,000 photographs of street railway and trolley lines operative in the New York metropolitan area, including Long Island and Staten Island, as well as other areas of the United States, and select foreign locations. Approximately 1,700 35-mm color slides showing trolley lines in Canada, Europe, and the United States is an additional feature of the collection. Footage of these same services is additionally captured in a series of moving image artifacts. Non-photographic materials include 282 BMT and NYCT trolley and bus transfers, trolley and transit periodicals, and personal effects/memorabilia belonging to Mordetsky.
Dates
- 1907 - 1923
Creator
- Mordetsky, Harvey (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Series: 0.7 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Series Outline
Series 8: Photographs of Long Island and Queens Trolleys
- 8.1: Long Island Electric and Jamaica Central
- 8.2: Manhattan and Queens Traction Co.
- 8.3: Nassau County Companies
- 8.4: New York and North Shore Traction Co.
- 8.5: New York and Long Island Traction Co.
- 8.6: New York and Queens Railway Co.
- 8.7: Ocean Electric Railway Co.
- 8.8: Suffolk County Companies
- 8.9: Steinway Trolley Lines
Series Description
Sub-series 8.3 contains images 16 images from four separate railway entities operative in Nassau County, Long Island: the Freeport Railroad, Glen Gove Railroad, Long Beach Railroad, Nassau County Railroad. The Freeport Railroad was a short-lived rail service nicknamed “the Fishermen’s Delight” and ran a trolley service along Grove Street from Sunrise Highway to the waterfront in Freeport, Nassau County. Little information is available about the Long Beach Railroad. The Nassau County Railway, which ran from the Sea Cliff Long Island Railroad Station to Sea Cliff Landing, along 1.55-mile route, and the Glen Cove Railroad, which operated a 3.25-mile route from Sea Cliff station to the city of Glen Cove, both operated by Long Island Rail Road and used with pantograph-equipped cars with a 2200-volt alternating current overhead system. Both ceased operations in 1924. See Series 2008.16.1.5 for a route map of these routes.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Reading Room Repository