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This 8 page paper provides a history of transportation on Long Island, New York with a focus on trains, automobiles and boats. The Long Island Rail Road is discussed. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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A Source History of Transportation On Long Island By Anastasia, for - March, 2000 -- for more
information on using this paper properly! I. Introduction Long Island had a significant role in the advent of modern transportation as did many other American locales.
Yet, Long Island is rather unique in that transportation is significantly more important to residents than most areas. That is because in order to get off of the island one
is reliant on rapid, reliable transportation. Of course, anyone, anywhere, relies on transportation to get from point A to point B. But Long Islanders know that getting off of the
island on a major holiday weekend, for example, poses a great challenge. In addition to taking boats, ferries, automobiles, or the Long Island Railroad, which is the concentration of this
study, it should be noted that residents can also hop onto airplanes. While Kennedy is not far, MacArthur Airport is located in Ronkonkoma in Suffolk County. The fact that residents
can get off of the island in a variety of ways, such as the railroad to Manhattan, the Port Jefferson ferry to Connecticut and the airplane to many destinations, attests
to the multitude of choices of transport on Long Island. Finally, in a discussion of Long Island, it is important to define it. When looking at history books, or informational
materials, Brooklyn and Queens are technically a part of what is deemed Long Island. Sometimes just Queens is included. Yet, for discussion purposes, the common definition will be used which
is to look at Long Island as composed of only Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The five New York City boroughs, which include Brooklyn and Queens, will be seen as separate
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