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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 By the 1940s the Els were outdated and inefficient in comparison to the newly constructed modern subways.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.
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Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View of the remains of station from the 3rd floor of 90 West Broadway, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View looking north from north end of southbound platform, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View looking south from middle of northbound platform, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View looking north from north end of northbound platform, undated \[c. 1937-1941].
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View looking north from southwest corner of Chambers Street, February 27, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. Crane removing a section of railing, February 24, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street, February 23, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View looking north from the east sidewalk, February 23, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street, February 23, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. Demolition in progress, February 24, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View looking from southwest, February 23, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View of the removal of the station, February 24, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street, February 23, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street, February 23, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View looking at West Broadway from the southwest, February 23, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. Demolition in progress, February 24, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View of the station from the north (Hudson Street and Reade Street), February 23, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View from a 3rd floor window, February 24, 1939.
Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El
Sixth Avenue El, Manhattan, at Chambers Street. View of the demolition from a 3rd floor window, February 24, 1939.
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