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Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El
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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 By the 1940s the Els were outdated and inefficient in comparison to the newly constructed modern subways.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.
Ninth Avenue Elevated Line
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This series is the complete line of the Ninth Avenue El as it existed between the 1870s and 1940.
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Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El
Ninth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Desbrosses Street Station, November 12, 1898. View from the south end of the platform.
Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El
Ninth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Desbrosses Street Station looking south from the southbound platform, November 14, 1898.
Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El
Ninth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Desbrosses Street station west, December 18, 1940.
Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El
Ninth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Desbrosses Street, December 18, 1940. Removing ties from the tracks.
Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El
Ninth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Desbrosses Street station north, December 18, 1940.
Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El
Ninth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Desbrosses Street, June 3-5, 1940.
Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El
Ninth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Desbrosses Street station east, December 18, 1940.
Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El
Ninth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Desbrosses Street, June 3-5, 1940.
Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El
Ninth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Desbrosses Street station north, December 18, 1940.
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