Wreck Lead Railroad Crossing

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: June 30, 1915; 1915-06-30 Material: gelatin silver print Dimension: 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:10394 wjr-000289 wjr-000289.tif

Description: Men are seen on both sides of the Long Island Rail Road's Long Beach branch crossing near the Wreck Lead station in Island Park. The gate arm is down, and a warning sign at right advises that trespassing is positively forbidden, and that a live third rail poses danger. "Lead" is an old nautical term for a navigable passage; Wreck Lead (perhaps named after an earlier shipwreck) was a portion of what is now Reynolds Channel.

Title : Wreck Lead Railroad Crossing

Collection : aql:9443; vital:1

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : June 30, 1915; 1915-06-30

Summary/Description : Men are seen on both sides of the Long Island Rail Road's Long Beach branch crossing near the Wreck Lead station in Island Park. The gate arm is down, and a warning sign at right advises that trespassing is positively forbidden, and that a live third rail poses danger. "Lead" is an old nautical term for a navigable passage; Wreck Lead (perhaps named after an earlier shipwreck) was a portion of what is now Reynolds Channel.

Subject : Long Island Rail Road; Railroad crossings

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Island Park, NY Nassau County (N.Y.) Island Park (N.Y.) Barnum Island (N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver print; 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:10394 wjr-000289 wjr-000289.tif