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147 St. Felix Street
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147 St. Felix Street, April 17, 1917.
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Cave-ins, Crashes, and Other Transit Accidents
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Subway construction and operation is and has always been a complicated undertaking. Accidents happen, either through human error or mechanical failure. This collection looks at some of the transit system's early mishaps. 🚆💥

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147 St. Felix Street image

147 St. Felix Street

\[Trinity Place, Manhattan: IRT Broadway Line] Survey photograph of subway construction at Trinity Place, Manhattan on the IRT Broadway Line. The columns shown here are temporary supports, providing just enough room for the excavation cars and their spoils from sub-grade.
147 St. Felix Street image

147 St. Felix Street

\[St. Felix Street and Hanson Place, Brooklyn: BRT Brighton Line] Survey photograph of St. Felix Street and Hanson Place, Brooklyn on the BRT Brighton Line. The camera is looking east showing the west face of building 147 St. Felix Street. The image was taken at 10:37 am.
147 St. Felix Street image

147 St. Felix Street

\[St. Felix Street and Hanson Place, Brooklyn: BRT Brighton Line] Survey photograph of St. Felix Street and Hanson Place, Brooklyn on the BRT Brighton Line. Shows condition of fronts of buildings 145 and 147 St. Felix Street after cave-in. The camera is set on the northeast corner of Cranford Company's hopper at the northwest corner of Hanson Place and St. Felix Street, looking east. The image was taken at 11:20 am.
147 St. Felix Street image

147 St. Felix Street

\[60th Street Tunnel: BRT Broadway Line] 60th Street Tunnel for BRT Broadway Line. Material Shaft. View looking south at Bent 21 showing steel bents omitted to provide shaft for materials to and from tunnels.
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