. Electric railway review . Brighton Beach Line—Retaining Wall, Showing IVIanhole Openingand Seat for Street-Crossing Bridge. pany to carry passengers to the beach resorts for a 5-centinstead of a 10-cent fare. When this road was operated by steam it was a double-track line, extending from Atlantic avenue to BrightonBeach. The road was built on private right of way on alevel with the country through which it passed, except forthe first two miles from Atlantic avenue, which was an opencut. This line formerly made connection with the Long Isl-and Railroad, and its trains were operated into the L
. Electric railway review . Brighton Beach Line—Retaining Wall, Showing IVIanhole Openingand Seat for Street-Crossing Bridge. pany to carry passengers to the beach resorts for a 5-centinstead of a 10-cent fare. When this road was operated by steam it was a double-track line, extending from Atlantic avenue to BrightonBeach. The road was built on private right of way on alevel with the country through which it passed, except forthe first two miles from Atlantic avenue, which was an opencut. This line formerly made connection with the Long Isl-and Railroad, and its trains were operated into the LongIsland terminal. After enduring various vicissitudes the linebecame identified, in 1898, with the Brooklyn Rapid Transitsystem. Connection was made by an incline and elevated. Brighton Beach Line—Local Station Platform Showing ReinforcedCanopy and Concrete Protection Around Column Bases. is that comprised in Sections 2 and 3. Section 2 is a cut6,400 feet in length, extending from a point about 300 feetsouth of Church street to Fisk terrace, near Avenue H. Fromthis point the line reaches an embankment by a grade per cent, and extends on this fill to Coney Island ave-nue near the Brighton Beach resorts. That portion of thework represented by the fill is designated Section 3, and feet long. Prom Church street to the end of the im-provement at Brighton Beach, through the cut and on thefill, it is proposed to make the road a four-track line, the twoouter tracks to be used for local, and the two inside tracksfor express traffic. All of this work is undertaken under the
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