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West 122nd Street and Broadway
West 122nd Street and Broadway
[Broadway: IRT West Side / Seventh Avenue Line]
Third Avenue Railway System trolley 310 on Broadway at approximately 122nd Street. View shows a trench on west side of the south bound track and arrangement of middle beams during construction of the IRT West Side / Seventh Avenue Line. This section used a cut-and-cover method.
IMAGE DATE1901
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New York Transit Museum
New York Transit MuseumConstruction on the IRT Broadway—Seventh Avenue Line, near West 122nd Street; May 22, 1901.
IRT trains emerge north of West 122nd Street, as the open cut tracks quickly ramp up to the Manhattan Valley Viaduct. In this photo, trench work is structured to avoid interference with active streetcar traffic operated by the Third Avenue Railway System.
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Urban Archive
Urban Archive