Roslyn Landmark Society member Ian Zwerdling has recently acquired 50 amazing photos of the Port Washington sand mining operations taken from 1929 to 1931. He has given roslynlandmarks.org exclusive rights to post them on the website.
Below are Fairchild Aerial surveys of the West Shore Road operations located just north of Roslyn in Port Washington.
View looking north from Old Northern Boulevard (May 25, 1929).
View looking east over Bar Beach (February 27, 1931)
View looking north showing the operations of the O'Brien Brothers Sand and Gravel Corporation (May 12,1928).
View looking north showing the operations of the O'Brien Brothers Sand and Gravel Corporation (February 27,1931).
View showing the operations of Goodwin & Gallagher Sand and Gravel Company (May 25, 1929).
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