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Ninth and Sixth Avenue Elevated Lines
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The Ninth and Sixth Avenue Elevated trains, constructed in the second half of the 19th century, were built as an answer to the city's growing congestion problem. By the 1940s the Els were outdated and inefficient in comparison to the newly constructed modern subways. Between 1939 and 1958 (largely though in 1939 and 1940) the massive steel structures were dismantled piece by piece.
Rector Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
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Rector Street elevated station on the Sixth Avenue line, above Trinity Place, August 17, 1912. The photographer is facing downtown; Trinity Church is out of frame at left.
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Rector Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
\[Rector Street Station, Ninth Avenue elevated line, Manhattan, NY] Rector Street Station platform, Ninth Avenue elevated line, Manhattan, NY. There are multiple ladders on the platform, and a train car in the middle track.
Rector Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
\[Rector Street Station, Sixth Avenue Elevated Line, Manhattan, NY] Rector Street Station, Sixth Avenue elevated line, Manhattan, NY. Southwestward view along the tracks above Trinity Place, showing the elevated station platforms with waiting riders, and a stairway overpass. Construction equipment visible to the left of the tracks. Workers on the roof of the uptown platform. Caption in lower left corner of print: TAKEN AUG. 17TH 1912
Rector Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Rector Street. View looking south from the bridge, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
Rector Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Rector Street. View looking north from the bridge, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
Rector Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Rector Street. View looking west from Broadway and Trinity Place, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
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