Opening ceremonies, New York subway, Oct. 27, 1904
"New York City's Subway railroad was opened to public travel on the above date. The contract for the present Subway was awarded December 18, 1897, and work was commenced March 24, 1900. The picture opens with M... More
Standard steel construction in tunnel - third rail protection not show...
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Exterior view of power house., New York City
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Four column (tower) viaduct construction; Manhattan valley viaduct, lo...
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5,000 K. W. alternator - main power house.
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City Hall Station., New York City
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Plan 28th Street & 4th Avenue Station.
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Plan of Brooklyn Bridge Station and City Hall loop.
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Map showing the lines of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co.
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Three-track concrete arch - 117th Street and Broadway.
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Showing concrete over iron work - Harlem River Tunnel.
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Assembling iron work on Pontoon - Harlem River Tunnel.
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Erection of arch, Manhattan valley viaduct.
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Subdivision of 36" and 30" gas mains over roof of subway - 66th Street...
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Cross section of power house in perspective.
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Cross-section of power house., New York City
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28th Street Station. - Public domain drawing
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Interborough rapid transit; the New York subway, its construction and ...
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Completed arch at Manhattan street.
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Sewer siphon at 149th Street and Railroad Avenue; Concrete sewer back ...
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Coal unloading tower on west 58th Street pier.
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Plaque showing beaver at Astor Place Station; Express Station at 14th ...
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Support of elevated railway station at 42d Street and Sixth Avenue.
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Two column bent viaduct; traveler for erecting forms, central park tun...
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Moving west side wall to widen subway for third track - 135th Street a...
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Section of subway at Pearl Street, surface railway tracks supported ov...
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West end power house in course of erection.
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34th Street and Park Avenue, looking south.
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Special riveted rectangular water pipe, over roof of subway at 126th S...
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Operating room showing condensers - power house.
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Concrete sewer back of side wall, Broadway and 56th Street; Large gas ...
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Columns of Hotel Belmont, passing through subway at 42d Street and Par...
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Side and end elevations of alternator.
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Construction of the New York Subway
Photographs can sometimes serve a purely practical purpose, such as documenting construction work. In the years around 1910, Pierre and Grant Pullis (father and son?) took hundreds of photographs of the constru... More
Subway train arrives at a station in Brooklyn, New York
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The 1923 BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit) subway station, now part of ...
By the mid-19th century, what had been the colonial town of Gravesend became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th century, several amusement parks were also built at the location. They were among the first an... More
Operating board - sub-station no. 11.
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Front view of block signal post, showing lights, indicatiors and track...
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Exterior of sub-station no. 18; exterior of sub-station no. 11.
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Ducts under passenger station platform, 64 ducts; three-conductor no. ...
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Contact shoe and fuse., New York City
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Converter floor plan, sub-station no. 11
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Main controlling board in power station; control and instrument board ...
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Electro-pneumatic interlocking machine on station platform.
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Cross section sub-station no. 14; interior of sub-station no. 11.
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Exterior view - protected wooden car, showing copper sides; framing of...
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Side view of motor truck., New York City
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Interior view of protected wooden car.
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Manholes in side wall of subway.
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End view of steel passenger car.
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Special interlocking signal cabin south of Brookyn Bridge Station.
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Longitudinal section, sub-station no. 14.
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Exterior view - steel car framing.
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Pneumatic track stop, showing stop trigger in upright position; view u...
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Metal underframe of protected wooden car.
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Interior view of 148th Street repair shops.
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Switch connecting feeder to contact rail; contact rail joint with fish...
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Side elevation and cross section of alternator with part cut away to s...
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Interborough rapid transit; the New York subway, its construction and ...
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New York Illustrated, 1913 - A couple of pictures of a train going thr...
New York illustrated Publication date 1916 Publisher New York : Success Postal Card Co.
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New York Illustrated 1916 - A black and white photo of a train going t...
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New York Illustrated 1916 - A black and white photo of a train going t...
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Metropolitan avenue / grand street subway station. Brooklyn NY
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NYC subway accessibility
Handicapped accessible stations on the New York Subway. This is not the final map; it definitely needs some work. Don't rely on its correctness.25% 33% 50%
Kiosks at Columbus Circle; Brooklyn Bridge Station.
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Construction of Fort George Tunnel.
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Portion of main steam piping in pipe area.
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