LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Long Island Railroad
built 134 days ago
The Greenport terminal of the Long Island Railroad was an important force in the commercial development of Long Island. North Fork farmers, at one point producing about one-third of the nation’s cauliflower and potatoes, utilized trains dispatched out of Greenport to take their harvest to markets in the west. With the railroad came the rapid development of commerce, farming and industry on Long Island, as small villages began to develop along the railroad’s right-of-way. Beginning in 1844, steam side-wheel ferries transported people and freight from Greenport to Stonington, Connecticut, where they made connections with Boston trains. The railroad ... connected New York City to the rest of New England via the steam side-wheel ferries in Greenport with connections to Block Island, and New London.
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Long Island Railroad provides commuters with an easy way to make the long trip from the island up to New York City. A fleet of aging Budd MU cars is supplemented by new diesels and bi-level cars, although new MUs are on the way.
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-- On Friday, August 11, the Long Island Railroad announced new safety measures. They weren't going to do anything about closing the gap, but they were installing video cameras so conductors could see if passengers had fallen through.
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Long Island children get a great public education at one of the over 125 public schools that are on the island. These schools serve over 400,000 students and almost 30,000 teachers educate these youngsters. There are ... private schools on Long Island as well as universities, too. So, no matter what your age or what you are trying to learn you can do so on Long Island. In fact, the majority of high school students on Long Island do choose to continue their education with almost 89% of all students choosing to go to college or another educational institution following graduation. This is consistently higher than the rest of the country and Long Island students really are getting ahead in the world.
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[One] great benefit for Long Island residents is its’ close proximity to Manhattan, you can be on Broadway, The Met, MOMA or Yankee stadium with relative ease. There is always something to do. Long Island is home to many golf courses for the avid golfer or the weekend duffer. To Find a home on a golf course visit www.LongIslandGolfProperties.com.
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The N. side of the island was largely built by deposits along the front of the continental glacier, and its peculiar surface is due to such deposits. At Astoria the dark gneiss bed rock is visible. The S. half of the island is mostly built of a light sandy or loamy soil and is low, except for the hills (140-195 ft.) of Montauk peninsula, which are a part of the " back-bone " of the island elsewhere running through the centre from E. to W. and reaching its highest point in its western extremity, Oakley's High Hill (384 ft.) and Hempstead Harbor Hill, W. of which are the flat and fertile Hempstead Plains. North of the back-bone or central ridge the country is hilly with glacial drift and many boulders along the coast and with soil stonier and more fertile than that of the" South Side." There is good clay at Whitestone and at Lloyd's Point on the north side. This north shore is comparatively well wooded; the middle of the island is covered with stunted oaks and scrubb y pines; the south side is a floral mean between the other divisions.
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