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Tag: Arthur Archibald

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  Mar 21 2020

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The 1910 Motor Parkway Survey Bookmap

  In 2009 I purchased 572 original Motor Parkway surveys and maps from the firm of Barrett, Bonacci and Van Weele. One of the treasures of this purchase was a 1910 "Bookmap" documenting the right-of way, the original property owners, and the corresponding survey plan #s.

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  Aug 07 2019

  Malverne Treasure #4: Survey of the Meadowbrook Lodge in Westbury (January 1938)

  Over 200 Long Island Motor Parkway surveys, maps, blueprints, documents and drawings discovered by Roy Knoernschild in a Malverne basement in February 2017 are being categorized, repaired and scanned. This January 1938 Motor Parkway survey documented the Meadowbrook Lodge, four months before the road and the lodge were closed.

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  Feb 16 2019

  Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Surveyors of the Long Island Motor Parkway

  In the ninth of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's newly discovered Motor Parkway construction album, photos of Clinton Robertson and his fellow surveyors are featured.

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  Apr 15 2017

  Newsday LI Life Cover Article: “Treasure box’ sheds light on history of Motor Parkway

  Reporter John Hanc has written a special cover article for this Sunday's LI Life section of Newsday.

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  Feb 25 2017

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Motor Parkway Treasure Chest Found in Malverne

  A treasure chest of over 100 Long Island Motor Parkway surveys, maps, blueprints and drawings has been discovered in the basement of a commercial building in Malverne, Long Island. The chest belonged to engineer Arthur Archibald who surveyed the Motor Parkway from 1906 to 1938.