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'''Unqua''' was an [[LIRR]] station located along the [[Montauk Branch]] and first appeared on employee timetables around 1880 and listed as a flag stop station after. It was located between the Massapequa and Amityville Stations. It seemed to disappear from issued timetables around 1881 or 1882.<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm Long Island Rail Road station history]</ref>
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| name=Unqua
| style=LIRR former
| image=Approximate Location of Unqua Station LIRR.jpg
| image_caption=Approximate location of Unqua Station
| address=[[Massapequa, New York|Massapequa]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| coordinates= <!--{{coord missing|New York}}-->
| line=[[Montauk Branch]]
| other=
| platform=1 [[island platform]]
| tracks=2
| opened=1880
| closed=c.1881–1882
| rebuilt=No; Station abandoned
| electrified=
| code=
| owned=[[Long Island Rail Road]]
| zone=
| former=
| services=
}}
'''Unqua''' was a [[Long Island Rail Road]] station located along the [[Montauk Branch]] in [[East Massapequa, New York]] and first appeared on employee timetables around 1880 and listed as a flag stop station after. It was located between the [[Massapequa (LIRR station)|Massapequa]] and Amityville stations just east of Unqua Creek, and served a Brooklyn Water Supply pumping station. It seemed to disappear from issued timetables around 1881 or 1882. Freight service at the station however, appears to have existed as recently as 1893.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm|title=LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY|work=trainsarefun.com|access-date=July 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526225709/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm|archive-date=May 26, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
*[http://arrts-arrchives.com/unqua.html Unqua Station History (Arrt's Arrchives)]


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Revision as of 21:40, 8 August 2024

Unqua
Approximate location of Unqua Station
General information
StandortMassapequa, New York
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Montauk Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
History
Opened1880
Closedc.1881–1882
RebuiltNo; Station abandoned

Unqua was a Long Island Rail Road station located along the Montauk Branch in East Massapequa, New York and first appeared on employee timetables around 1880 and listed as a flag stop station after. It was located between the Massapequa and Amityville stations just east of Unqua Creek, and served a Brooklyn Water Supply pumping station. It seemed to disappear from issued timetables around 1881 or 1882. Freight service at the station however, appears to have existed as recently as 1893.[1]

References

  1. ^ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2013.