The Sag Harbor Spur

If you want to study the development of commerce and communities in the U.S., you only have to follow the railroads. The development of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) (1844) opened Long Island for settlement and farming along the railroad line. Between 1870 and 1939, a 4-mile-long spur operated between Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor which enabled the Fahys Watchcase operations to move to Sag Harbor and encouraged the creation of the East End's best trotting course in 1879, located where Mashashimuet Park is today.

Watch the video linked here, by SHHS Trustee, Nancy Remkus, to hear how the LIRR was chartered to connect New York and Boston; be introduced to the Long Pond Green Belt, along which the railroad ran; and, learn about ice harvesting on Round Pond and how the LIRR transported it to New York way back then.