Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable

Oyster Bay Railroad Museum
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Oyster Bay Station Turntable (behind chainlink fence).
Location:	Railroad Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, USA
Coordinates:	40°52′29.77″N 73°31′42.92″W / 40.8749361°N 73.5285889°W / 40.8749361; -73.5285889Coordinates: 40°52′29.77″N 73°31′42.92″W / 40.8749361°N 73.5285889°W / 40.8749361; -73.5285889
Built:	1902
Architectural style:	No Style Listed
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	05000667
Added to NRHP:	July 06, 2005[1]

Oyster Bay is the location of one of few remaining Long Island Rail Road stations with an original turntable on site. The turntable was built in 1902 to replace a smaller one that had been relocated from the Locust Valley station.^[2] The turntable is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a Town of Oyster Bay Landmark, and a featured site on the Oyster Bay History Walk audio walking tour.

The planned Oyster Bay Railroad Museum will incorporate the turntable, locomotives, railroad cars and the depot.

See also

• Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Station
• Oyster Bay History Walk
• Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay
• List of Town of Oyster Bay Landmarks
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Nassau County, New York

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Hammond, John E. (2009). Oyster Bay. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 85. ISBN 0738565903. 

External links

• Oyster Bay Main Street Association - Locomotive 35, Railcars, & Turntable
• Oyster Bay Railroad Museum
• Oyster Bay Turntable (TrainsAreFun.com)