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Emery map 1958 at MP41.5
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Originally Olympic Siding (see below)
Islip Centre Station (similar
perhaps to Islip above) on S.S.R.R. timetable 1869, dropped 4/1870
South Side Railroad - Islip Centre
Bailey's lumber Coal Elevator siding out in 1957
New switch further east to accommodate Inspected Transit Mix Co. Elevator 1957
Switch abandoned? Razed?
Location of current Suffolk Bus Co.
Anyone know the concrete tie install date(s)? Thanks!
William H. Moffitt, a real estate developer, familiarized himself with the Bay Shore area as a member of the Olympic Club. His company, W. H. Moffitt Realty Corp., located in New York City began purchasing large properties along the south shore of Long Island in the early 1900’s with the intention of selling it off as subdivided plots.
Unlike Daniel D. Conover, who developed much of the shore areas in the towns of Islip and Bay Shore, Moffitt purchased properties further inland from the Great South Bay. One of his first purchases in 1901 was known as Bay Shore Manor and included 55 acres of land located between Clinton Avenue and Park Avenue and north of Bay Shore Avenue (now Sunrise Highway). Each plot had a 25-foot “frontage” on roads built by Moffitt, was 100-feet deep and less than one-tenth of an acre. It is believed that not many homes were built on the land at that time. However, some of the side streets exist to this day.
In 1906, realizing that in order to be more successful he would need to remain closer to the shore, Moffitt purchased what he called Willow Brook Park,
Saxon Park and Olympic Park. Willow Brook, located north of the railroad tracks in Islip was 160 acres and home to the Islip Driving Park which Moffitt later renovated into a race track, known as the Willow Brook Driving Park
Saxon Park, located to the east of Willow Brook, along the south side of the railroad tracks to Saxon Avenue was purchased from Conover’s estate for $40,000 which at the time had been the largest amount paid for property in the town of Islip. The worthiest property, Olympic Park, was located south of South Country road between Orowoc Creek and Saxon Avenue and was the only one with access to the Great South Bay. Moffitt purchased it for $65,000. Moffitt also built five new roads through this property, Kempster, Wenman, Gree, Mallar and Boyd, that ran from Saxon Avenue to Orowoc Creek. Over 900 acres of land along the Great South Bay had been purchased by Moffitt’s company at that time, however, very little had been sold.
Moffitt also bought himself property around Orowoc Pond, in the area north of South Country Road between Saxon Avenue and Grant Avenue on which to build for himself.
Above excerpted from - "Along the Great South Bay - From Oakdale to Babylon - The Story of a Summer Spa 1840-1940" - Harry W. Havemeyer, 1996.
From the MP41.5 Saxon Ave (Islip Centre location) it’s 870’ down the siding to Orowac Creek that empties into Great South Bay and was the property of the Olympic Club.