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Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Thu Oct 16 07:51:10 2025 Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 The Staten Island Railway discontinues the Tottenville - Perth Amboy Ferry across the Arthur Kill River. The final crossing is made by the ferry CHARLES W. GALLOWAY. She was built in 1922 and was the last sidewheel ferry to operate in New York City. (Note: Service on this route will continue until 1962. It will be operated by Sunrise Ferries using different vessels.) Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Oct 16 08:41:26 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Thu Oct 16 07:51:10 2025. What year? |
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Posted by AlM on Thu Oct 16 11:37:37 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Oct 16 08:41:26 2025. I see from Wikipedia that the Outerbridge Crossing was completed in 1928, so it's amazing that any ferry service at all hung on for that long. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 (Date Corrected) |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Thu Oct 16 14:33:18 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Oct 16 08:41:26 2025. Tuscarora Almanac for October 161948 – from The Book of Last Runs The Staten Island Railway discontinues the Tottenville - Perth Amboy Ferry across the Arthur Kill River. The final crossing is made by the ferry CHARLES W. GALLOWAY. She was built in 1922 and was the last sidewheel ferry to operate in New York City. (Note: Service on this route will continue until 1962. It will be operated by Sunrise Ferries using different vessels.) |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Oct 16 18:53:51 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Catfish 44 on Thu Oct 16 08:41:26 2025. And on this date in 1969, the Miracle Mets shocked the baseball world by winning the World Series, defeating the heavily-favored Baltimore Orioles. I remember the final out as though it were yesterday. I got home from school in time to see it live, then watched the postgame clubhouse celebration. Naturally, the city went bonkers. Chances are those 7 trains were jammed with revelers after the game. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 |
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Posted by murray1575 on Thu Oct 16 19:04:39 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Oct 16 18:53:51 2025. I rode one of them from 74th St. after transferring from an E or F train of R1-9 cars that I boarded at Fifth Avenue after leaving a driver education class on West 54th St. When the conductor announced the Willets Point-Shea Stadium stop as the home of the world champion Mets everyone cheered. Davey Johnson was the Baltimore Orioles player who made the final out and ironically enough he would manage the Mets to their next championship in 1986. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 |
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Posted by zac on Thu Oct 16 20:20:58 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Oct 16 18:53:51 2025. And I was there! Seats on the upper deck third base side. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Oct 16 21:30:18 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by zac on Thu Oct 16 20:20:58 2025. I've seen photos of that field after everyone had left. It was completely torn up. The grounds crew had to get it back in shape for a Jets game the following Monday, but despite their efforts, much of the sod gave way under the players' cleats. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Oct 17 08:20:22 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by murray1575 on Thu Oct 16 19:04:39 2025. Actually, I believe he was known then as Dave Johnson. I believe he later changed it to Davey to avoid confusion with the longtime Horse Racing track announcer. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Oct 17 09:43:59 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Thu Oct 16 21:30:18 2025. I'm guessing that Monday night game was planned (before 1970, CBS and NBC would do an occasional Monday night telecast).That game was also the home opener for the Jets, who would play seven straight home games before finishing with two on the road. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Oct 17 09:54:57 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Oct 17 08:20:22 2025. Curt Gowdy referred to him as Dave Johnson. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Oct 17 10:02:53 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Oct 17 09:43:59 2025. The Mets had insisted that the Jets couldn't play any home games until the baseball season had ended. IIRC at some point in the mid to late 70s, the Jets took the matter to court and won their case, which meant they could play home games in September. Someone once explained that the pitcher's mound would be bulldozed and the dugout entrances covered over for football games, then the mound would have to be reconstructed.I noticed when the Cleveland Browns still played at Municipal Stadium, there was so much room that the end line at the closed end extended over the pitcher's mound, which was laft in place. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 |
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Posted by zac on Fri Oct 17 17:23:31 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Oct 17 10:02:53 2025. Shea had movable seats and I think the dugouts were part of the mechanics of it. The field level boxes on both sides moved to be parallel to each other for football. I did see the Jets play there once but don't remember much about it. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Oct 17 17:24:33 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Oct 17 10:02:53 2025. Yep. And the goal post was put into the mound once they were moved back 10 yards in 1974. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Oct 17 23:02:03 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Oct 17 17:24:33 2025. Can you explain more of the conversation from baseball to football at Shea? |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Oct 18 07:37:40 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Oct 17 23:02:03 2025. I was only at Shea twice for football, opening Sunday of the 1980 season and for the only post-merger playoff game ever at Shea against the Bills in 1981. The thing I noticed was how some of the field level stands (not including those directly behind home plate in the baseball setting) were moved considerably. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 18 10:07:27 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by zac on Fri Oct 17 17:23:31 2025. The dugout rooftops were, but the portion below ground was not. |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 18 10:10:38 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Oct 17 23:02:03 2025. The lower field boxes were built on rails for ease of movement. They were parallel to the foul lines for baseball, then were shifted away from each other for football, running parallel to the sidelines. |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Oct 18 14:09:24 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Oct 18 07:37:40 2025. Adding: The week before (Dec. 20, 1981) against the Packers in a game that put BOTH the Jets and Giants in the playoffs (Jets for the first time since 1969, Giants since 1963) in what then was the biggest NFL game in New York since Super Bowl III (which really became such after the Giants beat the Cowboys the day before in The Meadowlands), fans at Shea tore down the goalposts and the Jets had to scramble to get new ones for the game: |
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Posted by Q4 on Sat Oct 18 18:11:08 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Oct 18 10:10:38 2025. I use to go to Shea when the Yankees were there for the 74 and 75 seasons and would go with my Uncle who was a Met fan. We also went to several Jet games there over the years. I remembersome of the stands being on rollers.My father was a Motorman on the Flushing line then. We would drive to Shea, he would drop me off at the corner of the driveway to Corona Yard and park there. I’ve been to a couple of Pinstripe Bowl games at Yankee Stadium and that layout is also interesting. |
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Posted by murray1575 on Sat Oct 18 19:02:21 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by Q4 on Sat Oct 18 18:11:08 2025. I went to a Jets game at Shea on a December Sunday. It felt like the inside of a walk in freezer. And the Jets lost to add insult to injury. Same old Jets! Not much has changed over the years. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16 |
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Posted by Q4 on Sat Oct 18 20:43:16 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for October 16, posted by murray1575 on Sat Oct 18 19:02:21 2025. Was it against the Cowboys? I remember that game being so cold and windy. The light polesseemed like they were swaying. We left at half time. |
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