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161st Street—Yankee Stadium Station, IRT Jerome Avenue and IND Concourse Lines
161st Street—Yankee Stadium Station, IRT Jerome Avenue and IND Concourse Lines
[161st Street-Yankee Stadium Station: IRT Woodlawn Line]
Survey photograph of subway construction at 161st Street Station elevated tracks on the IRT Woodlawn Line.
IMAGE DATE1916
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New York Transit Museum
New York Transit MuseumConstruction on the elevated trestle at the 161st Street station of the IRT Jerome Avenue (Woodlawn) line, March 30, 1916.
Today, the station sits in the shadow of the new Yankee Stadium, but at the time of the photo the Yankees were still playing across the river at the Polo Grounds.
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Urban Archive
Urban Archive