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In water since 1911, Coney Island bell retrieved
hosted. ^ | Sep 4

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!


1 posted on 09/04/2009 8:53:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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It was in 25 feet of water; makes you kinda think nobody cared about this bell and I think they were right.


2 posted on 09/04/2009 8:55:09 AM PDT by HD1200
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Did those people packed cheek by jowl think they were having fun?


3 posted on 09/04/2009 8:59:59 AM PDT by DManA
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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.

4 posted on 09/04/2009 9:04:55 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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5 posted on 09/04/2009 9:15:24 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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6 posted on 09/04/2009 9:21:16 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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ГОРЯЧАЯ ТОЧКА = "The Flash Point". Hmmm...
7 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.)
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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.
8 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.)
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The Bath House / Restaurant is a popular Russian combination!?!

(I'll pass, thanks)

9 posted on 09/04/2009 9:36:26 AM PDT by skeptoid
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The Bath House / Restaurant is a popular Russian combination!?!

Perhaps that's where all the Coney Island whitefish come from.

10 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.)
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11 posted on 09/04/2009 9:47:30 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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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.
12 posted on 09/04/2009 9:49:57 AM PDT by angcat ("I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee.")
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13 posted on 09/04/2009 9:52:53 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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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.

14 posted on 09/04/2009 9:55:11 AM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (Eat right,...exercise...die anyway.)
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Whitefish


15 posted on 09/04/2009 9:55:29 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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16 posted on 09/04/2009 9:58:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Cony Island Freak Show


17 posted on 09/04/2009 10:02:46 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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LOL

She was a fat plastic lady in a window. LOL


18 posted on 09/04/2009 10:03:59 AM PDT by angcat ("I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee.")
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19 posted on 09/04/2009 10:07:52 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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That’s how I’m going to look after I eat and drink this weekend!


20 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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