Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Peter F. Connolly Company, contractor. View on East Avenue (now 11th Street) looking north across the tracks of the Long Island Railroad Company. Showing the method of supporting the trench at this location and the supports of the railroad tracks. The railroad tracks were carried over the trench on heavy I-beams which were placed and maintained in position by the railroad company at the expense of the contractor. January 20, 1926.