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Livonia and New Jersey Avenues
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Livonia and New Jersey Avenues

[Livonia Avenue: IRT New Lots Line]

Survey photograph of the construction of the IRT New Lots Line. Camera is located at Livonia Avenue (Bent 181) and is looking east at elevated structure at 11:15 am.

IMAGE DATE1920
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Construction of the IRT New Lots Line elevated trestle at New Jersey Avenue (foreground at left, with buildings under construction), June 10, 1920.

The eastward extension to New Lots Avenue would be completed in October, 1922. The steeple of the New Lots Reformed Church is visible in the distance, at center-right.

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