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WPTY. / 40.85500°N 72.77000°W / 40.85500; -72.77000. WPTY (105.3 FM, "Party 105") is a rhythmic hot AC formatted station licensed to Calverton – Roanoke, New York and serving eastern Long Island. The station is owned by JVC Media LLC with studios located in Ronkonkoma, New York and transmitter located in Manorville, New York, United ...
Providence (1866 steamboat) Providence. (1866 steamboat) Providence was a large sidewheel steamer launched in 1866 by William H. Webb of New York for the Merchants Steamship Company. The first of Narragansett Bay 's so-called "floating palaces", [1] the luxuriously outfitted Providence and her sister ship Bristol, each of which could carry up ...
The LIRR's steam passenger locomotives were modernized from 1901 to 1906, and by 1927, it was the first Class I railroad to replace all its wood passenger cars with steel. [2] In 1926, the LIRR was the first U.S. railroad to begin using diesel locomotives. The last steam locomotive was a G5s operated until 1955. [2]
SS Narragansett. SS. Narragansett. Coordinates: 41.2525°N 72.3449°W. The SS Narragansett was a passenger paddle steamer of the Stonington Line that burned and sank on June 11, 1880, after a collision with her sister ship the SS Stonington in Long Island Sound . The Narragansett had taken on approximately 300 passengers at the North River Pier ...
Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced ⓘ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. ...
WLIR was a radio station that played a new music / modern rock format on the frequencies 92.7 FM, 98.5 FM, and 107.1 FM from the 1980s into the 2000s. Bob Wilson, longtime WLIR employee and historian, created the website WDAREFM.COM (Dare FM), which maintains the spirit of the original WLIR. He also programs the music playlist. [1]
Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading. Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading magazine (formerly Live Steam Magazine) is a magazine published in the United States that was founded in 1966. The magazine is devoted to the live steam hobby as well as to other uses of miniature and full-size steam equipment.
The Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum ( LALSRM) is a non-profit public-benefit corporation founded in 1956 by live steam enthusiasts for the purpose of educating the public about railroad history and lore, and to promote live steam and scale model railroad technology. The museum is located in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California and ...