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In water since 1911, Coney Island bell retrieved
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Posted on 09/04/2009 8:53:19 AM PDT by JoeProBono
NEW YORK (AP) -- A 500-pound brass bell that sank to the ocean floor in a 1911 fire has been pulled out of the water off Coney Island.The 3-foot-by-3-foot bell sat on the pier during the amusement park's heyday. It was rung whenever passengers left or arrived by steamboat
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TOPICS: History; Travel
KEYWORDS: coneyisland; newyork
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Coney Island' 1940
Keeping An Eye Out For Flirtation In Coney Island!
To: JoeProBono
It was in 25 feet of water; makes you kinda think nobody cared about this bell and I think they were right.
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:55:09 AM PDT
by
HD1200
To: JoeProBono
Did those people packed cheek by jowl think they were having fun?
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posted on
09/04/2009 8:59:59 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: DManA
Considering how filthy the water was, even back then, methinks they were packed cheek by jowl to avoid swallowing "Coney Island Whitefish."
Coney Island is basically where the refuse from the storm sewers in NYC ends up. Some cool Russian cafes on the boardwalk, however.
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:04:55 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: Clemenza
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:15:24 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: DManA
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:21:16 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: JoeProBono
ГОРЯЧАЯ ТОЧКА = "The Flash Point". Hmmm...
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:29:39 AM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: JoeProBono
I would have loved to have gone there in 1910. I notice in your 1940 photo that the crowd does not seem very ethnically diverse.
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:32:08 AM PDT
by
Monterrosa-24
( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
To: andy58-in-nh
The Bath House / Restaurant is a popular Russian combination!?!
(I'll pass, thanks)
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:36:26 AM PDT
by
skeptoid
To: skeptoid
The Bath House / Restaurant is a popular Russian combination!?!Perhaps that's where all the Coney Island whitefish come from.
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:43:33 AM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: HD1200
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:47:30 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
My Grandpa would take me to Coney Island. He did not drive we would take busse’s and train’s from Yonkers into Brooklyn. I remember the fat lady laughing on the Boardwalk.
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:49:57 AM PDT
by
angcat
("I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee.")
To: DManA
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:52:53 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Monterrosa-24
I would have loved to have gone there in 1910. I notice in your 1940 photo that the crowd does not seem very ethnically diverse. That's because all of those damn Western Europeans look alike.
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:55:11 AM PDT
by
OpeEdMunkey
(Eat right,...exercise...die anyway.)
To: andy58-in-nh
Whitefish
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:55:29 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Clemenza
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posted on
09/04/2009 9:58:20 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: angcat
Cony Island Freak Show
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posted on
09/04/2009 10:02:46 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
LOL
She was a fat plastic lady in a window. LOL
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posted on
09/04/2009 10:03:59 AM PDT
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angcat
("I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee.")
To: angcat
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posted on
09/04/2009 10:07:52 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
That’s how I’m going to look after I eat and drink this weekend!
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posted on
09/04/2009 10:12:43 AM PDT
by
angcat
("I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee.")
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