Wreck Lead station explained

Style:LIRR former
Wreck Lead
Address:Northeast side of the Reynolds Channel
Island Park, New York
Coordinates:40.5967°N -73.6601°W
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Opened:June 1888 (NY&LB)
Closed:December 21, 1927
Other Services Header:Former services

Wreck Lead was a train station along the Long Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station was opened in June 1888 by the New York and Long Beach Railroad to serve numerous fishing clubs and hotels.[1] This station was a flag stop.[2] Wreck Lead consisted of a low cinder platform on the northeast side of the Reynolds Channel (south of here, the railroad traverses the channel via the Wreck Lead Bridge). In 1911, a second platform was installed on the west side of the tracks and on January 15, 1927, and Wreck Lead became the terminus of the double-tracking of the Long Beach Branch.[3] [4] Wreck Lead closed on December 31, 1927.[5]

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  1. Book: Assembly, New York (State) Legislature. Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York. 1916. E. Croswell. 304. en.
  2. News: TRAIN LOAD IN DANGER FROM ACT OF A MADMAN; Keeper Opened Long Beach Draw in Front of Engine.. August 22, 1904. The New York Times. August 7, 2018. en.
  3. Book: Company, Long Island Railroad. Annual Report.... 1917. 6. en.
  4. Book: Senate, New York (State) Legislature. Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. 1912. 363. en.
  5. Web site: LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY. trainsarefun.com.