Shoreham was a station on the

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on the Port Jefferson Branch of the

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. This is an abandoned station just east of the intersection of North Country Road and Randall Road, along what is now access for

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power lines.

History

The Wardenclyffe station was originally built in 1900 in close proximity to Nikola Tesla's wireless transmission station Wardenclyffe Tower. The station was built during the extension of the Port Jefferson Branch to Wading River and was once slated to continue eastward and rejoin the

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at either Riverhead or Calverton. In 1910, the station's name was changed to Shoreham. The line east of Port Jefferson was abandoned in 1938 and the station was torn down in 1950. The right-of-way is now owned by the

and used for power lines, but there are plans to create a

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for bicycling, running, and walking.

References

External links

Wading River Extension (Unofficial LIRR History.com)
* ttp://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/wadingriver/wadingriverext.htm Wading River Extension (Trains Are Fun.com)br>Shoreham Train Station, Tesla Tower and vicinity (Shoreham Historical Society)
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