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BROADWAY & FULTON STREETS. ONE OF THE LAST HORSE CARS. HORSE PULLED TROLLEY CARS. CITY STREET BUSTLING
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LOWER BROADWAY. CABLE CARS EVERYWHERE. 1903
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UNION SQUARE. BROADWAY CABLE CARS OF THE OLD METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY
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THE THEN NEW FLATIRON BUILDING IN BACKGROUND TROLLEY CARS OF THE BROADWAY LINE & THE 23RD ST CROSSTOWN LINE
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MADISON SQUARE
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IN WINTER. SNOW COVERED CITY. A SWEEPER CAR. DOGS
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| 01:06:17 209.77 |
1899, NY AND BROOKLYN BRIDGE RAILROAD BEGAN TO OPERATE CABLE CARS OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE PULLING OUT OF THE SANDS STREET TRAIN SHED IN BROOKLYN & HEADING ACROSS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. POV FROM TRAIN
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TROLLEYS OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
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APPROACHING MANHATTAN. THE PARK ROW TRAIN SHED
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MANHATTAN TO BROOKLYN
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ON MANHATTAN ISLAND, THE 9TH AVENUE ELEVATED WAS JOINED, AT W 53RD ST, BY THE 6TH AVENUE EL THAT CAME IN FROM THE EAST. SUBWAY
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LITTLE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES ON THE EL
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HEADING NORTH ON THE EXPRESS TRACK OF THE 9TH AVENUE EL IN THE VICINITY OF 110TH STREET "THE STRETCH"
KNOWN AS "SUICIDE CURVE" POV FROM TRAIN |
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EL WAS OVER 100 FEET HIGH HERE. TRAINS PASS.
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3 TRACKS MERGE INTO TWO. THE 116TH ST STATION ON COLUMBUS AVENUE
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NEW YORK'S FIRST SUBWAY WAS THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT. IT WAS BUILT UP FOURTH AVENUE TO 42ND ST WHERE IT JOGGED WEST TO TIMES SQUARE AND THEN NORTH UP BROADWAY TO 145TH ST. HERE'S ONE OF THE SUBWAY EXCAVATIONS JUST OFF BROADWAY.
CONSTRUCTION OF SUBWAY |
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ROCK DRILL AT WORK IN SUBWAY. HUGE CRATER. MEN WORKING. STEAM COMING OUT OF GROUND
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THE NEW SUBWAY WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED. OCT 27 1904. IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. THE LARGE GROUP OF DIGNITARIES WAS LED BY MAYOR GEORGE B.
MCCLELLAN. AUGUST BELMONT FINANCIER OF THE LINE AND JOHN B. MCDONALD, CONTRACTOR FOR THE PROJECT. CEREMONY. LOTS OF PEOPLE |
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NEWSPAPER CAMERAMEN WITH THEIR GRAFLEX CAMERAS
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KEYSTONE KOPS LOOK ALIKES IN REAL LIFE
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CROWDS OF MEN
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WOMEN IN CROWD
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BIOGRAPH PRODUCTION "FROM 14TH STREET TO 42ND STREET VIA THE SUBWAY." POV OF SUBWAY TRAIN TRAVELING THRU THE TUNNELS. FOLLOW ANOTHER SUBWAY CAR.
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COOPER HEWITT TUBULAR LAMPS TO FILM SUBWAY
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ORIGINAL SUBWAY CARS ON THE IRT. SUBWAYS WERE MADE WITH STEEL FRAMES & WOODEN SIDES
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GRAND CENTRAL STATION. PEOPLE RUN TO CATCH TRAIN. ON PLATFORM.
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