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- The Beach Pneumatic Transit Tunnel Showing Stanley Yale Beach in Passenger Car, 1899 - Alfred Ely Beach (1826-1896), American inventor and publisher, constructed New York City’s first subway. The 312-foot-long experiment, constructed in 1870, ran under Broadway, with a single station near city hall. Beach also devised a cylindrical tunneling shield to protect workers as they dug the tunnel. Pneumatic power propelled the subway’s cars. The line was abandoned in 1873.
- 1899
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The Beach Pneumatic Transit Tunnel Showing Stanley Yale Beach in Passenger Car, 1899
Alfred Ely Beach (1826-1896), American inventor and publisher, constructed New York City’s first subway. The 312-foot-long experiment, constructed in 1870, ran under Broadway, with a single station near city hall. Beach also devised a cylindrical tunneling shield to protect workers as they dug the tunnel. Pneumatic power propelled the subway’s cars. The line was abandoned in 1873.
- The 1870 Beach Pneumatic Transit Tunnel Showing the Conjunction of Iron and Brick Work, 1899 - Alfred Ely Beach (1826-1896), American inventor and publisher, constructed New York City’s first subway. The 312-foot-long experiment, constructed in 1870, ran under Broadway, with a single station near city hall. Beach also devised a cylindrical tunneling shield to protect workers as they dug the tunnel. Pneumatic power propelled the subway’s cars. The line was abandoned in 1873.
- 1899
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The 1870 Beach Pneumatic Transit Tunnel Showing the Conjunction of Iron and Brick Work, 1899
Alfred Ely Beach (1826-1896), American inventor and publisher, constructed New York City’s first subway. The 312-foot-long experiment, constructed in 1870, ran under Broadway, with a single station near city hall. Beach also devised a cylindrical tunneling shield to protect workers as they dug the tunnel. Pneumatic power propelled the subway’s cars. The line was abandoned in 1873.
- Ticket Office inside City Hall Subway Station, New York City, circa 1910 - When it was built in the early twentieth century, New York City's subway was a modern, elegant transportation system. This photograph shows the tiled, vaulted ceiling over the ticket office at the City Hall subway station.
- circa 1910
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Ticket Office inside City Hall Subway Station, New York City, circa 1910
When it was built in the early twentieth century, New York City's subway was a modern, elegant transportation system. This photograph shows the tiled, vaulted ceiling over the ticket office at the City Hall subway station.
- The 1870 Beach Pneumatic Transit Tunnel Showing Segmental Construction, 1899 - Alfred Ely Beach (1826-1896), American inventor and publisher, constructed New York City’s first subway. The 312-foot-long experiment, constructed in 1870, ran under Broadway, with a single station near city hall. Beach also devised a cylindrical tunneling shield to protect workers as they dug the tunnel. Pneumatic power propelled the subway’s cars. The line was abandoned in 1873.
- 1899
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The 1870 Beach Pneumatic Transit Tunnel Showing Segmental Construction, 1899
Alfred Ely Beach (1826-1896), American inventor and publisher, constructed New York City’s first subway. The 312-foot-long experiment, constructed in 1870, ran under Broadway, with a single station near city hall. Beach also devised a cylindrical tunneling shield to protect workers as they dug the tunnel. Pneumatic power propelled the subway’s cars. The line was abandoned in 1873.
- Atlantic Avenue Subway Entrance, Brooklyn, New York, 1910 - Passengers and pedestrians congregate at the graceful Beaux Arts Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York. New York City invested significantly in mass transportation infrastructure at the turn of the twentieth century.
- August 05, 1910
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Atlantic Avenue Subway Entrance, Brooklyn, New York, 1910
Passengers and pedestrians congregate at the graceful Beaux Arts Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York. New York City invested significantly in mass transportation infrastructure at the turn of the twentieth century.
- Subway Entrance on a Windy Day, New York City, circa 1910 - In this photograph, people hurry toward a cast-iron and wired glass entrance kiosk above one of New York City's underground passenger railway stations. In the early twentieth century, the New York subway was a modern, elegant transportation system.
- circa 1910
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Subway Entrance on a Windy Day, New York City, circa 1910
In this photograph, people hurry toward a cast-iron and wired glass entrance kiosk above one of New York City's underground passenger railway stations. In the early twentieth century, the New York subway was a modern, elegant transportation system.
- Subway Entrance and Exit on Boston Common, Massachusetts, circa 1900 - This photograph shows passengers hurrying to and from subway entrances and exits in Boston Common, the busy urban park. Boston built the country's first subway system in 1897.
- circa 1900
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Subway Entrance and Exit on Boston Common, Massachusetts, circa 1900
This photograph shows passengers hurrying to and from subway entrances and exits in Boston Common, the busy urban park. Boston built the country's first subway system in 1897.