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Smith—Ninth Streets Station, IND Culver Line
Smith—Ninth Streets Station, IND Culver Line
Smith—Ninth Streets Station, IND Culver Line

[View from window of Smith-9th Street Station (IND) looking north.]

View from window of Smith-9th Street Station (IND) looking north. Canal at left.

IMAGE DATE1958
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View of the Gowanus Canal from the Manhattan and Queens-bound platform of the elevated Smith—Ninth Streets Station, December 15, 1958.

The station, completed in 1933, is the highest subway station above ground level, worldwide.

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