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Interborough Rapid Transit Subway (Original Line), New York, New York County, NY

Interborough Rapid Transit Subway (Original Line), New York, New York County, NY

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Summary

Significance: The IRT was New York City's first subway.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N508

Survey number: HAER NY-122

Building/structure dates: ca. 1904 Initial Construction

The history of New York City's transportation system. New York City is distinguished from other U.S. cities for its low personal automobile ownership and its significant use of public transportation. New York is the only city in the United States where over half of all households do not own a car (Manhattan's non-ownership is even higher, around 75%; nationally, the rate is 8%). New York City has, by far, the highest rate of public transportation use of any American city. New York City also has the longest mean travel time for commuters (39 minutes) among major U.S. cities. The Second Industrial Revolution fundamentally changed the city – the port infrastructure grew at such a rapid pace after the 1825 completion of the Erie Canal that New York became the most important connection between all of Europe and the interior of the United States. Elevated trains and subterranean transportation ('El trains' and 'subways') were introduced between 1867 and 1904. Private automobiles brought an additional change for the city by around 1930, notably the 1927 Holland Tunnel.

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subways city island new york ny interborough rapid transit subway interborough rapid transit subway original line original line new york american car and foundry company george h andrews armorite conduit company bion j arnold william barclay charles t barney august belmont william bradley e p bryan charles f chandler simon church austin corbin alfred craven richard croker john isaacs davenport chauncey depew louis duncan hopper and company farrell david j framberger william fransioli andrew freedman general electric company george gibbs jay gould hugh grant charles harvey frank hedley george l heins abram s hewitt historic american engineering record hoffman clifton hood paul c hunter cary t hutchinson interborough rapid transit company wallace b katz barbara kimmelman christopher grant lafarge seth low milo roy maltbie alfred marshall john b mcdonald henry morgenthau naughton and company andrew onderdonk alexander e orr william barclay parsons william c phelps rapid transit commission george s rice jacob riis john c rodgers theodore roosevelt thomas fortune ryan david sagarin russell sage jacob schiff charles scott harry seaman geroge a soper frank j sprague john e starr simon sterne lewis b stillwell c w sweet w t thompson daniel l turner commodore vanderbilt cornelius vanderbilt john van vleck j m waldron john dewitt warner adna f weber westinghouse george westinghouse william c whitney william r willcox r t wilson photo ultra high resolution high resolution building church buildings library of congress new york city christianity
date_range

Date

1904
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hoffman
Craven, Alfred
Andrews, George H
Harvey, Charles
Davenport, John Isaacs
Barclay, William
Belmont, August
Church, Simon
Vanderbilt, Commodore
Vanderbilt, Cornelius
Rapid Transit Commission
Gould, Jay
Sage, Russell
Ryan, Thomas Fortune
Whitney, William C
Marshall, Alfred
Sweet, C W
Hewitt, Abram S
Depew, Chauncey
Sterne, Simon
Orr, Alexander E
Grant, Hugh
Wilson, R T
Corbin, Austin
Parsons, William Barclay
Low, Seth
McDonald, John B
Roosevelt, Theodore
Onderdonk, Andrew
Freedman, Andrew
Croker, Richard
Belmont, August
Schiff, Jacob
Hedley, Frank
Turner, Daniel L
Riis, Jacob
Weber, Adna F
Maltbie, Milo Roy
Willcox, William R
Arnold, Bion J
Morgenthau, Henry
Barney, Charles T
Rice, George S
Bryan, E P
Stillwell, Lewis B
Gibbs, George
Bradley, William
Naughton & Company
Farrell, Hopper & Company
Rodgers , John C
Seaman, Harry
Sprague, Frank J
Fransioli, William
Vleck, John Van
Phelps, William C
General Electric Company
Westinghouse
Hutchinson, Cary T
Duncan, Louis
Armorite Conduit Company
Westinghouse, George
Waldron, J M
Heins, George L
LaFarge, Christopher Grant
Hunter, Paul C
Thompson, W T
American Car & Foundry Company
Chandler, Charles F
Soper, Geroge A
Starr, John E
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Warner, John DeWitt
Sagarin, David, photographer
Katz, Wallace B, historian
Hood, Clifton, historian
Scott, Charles, historian
Kimmelman, Barbara, historian
Framberger, David J, historian
collections

in collections

New York Transit

New York Transportation History
place

Location

Governors Island ,  40.68899, -74.01903
create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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Interborough Rapid Transit Subway (Original Line), New York, New York County, NY

Interborough Rapid Transit Subway (Original Line), New York, New York County, NY

Topics

subways city island new york ny interborough rapid transit subway interborough rapid transit subway original line original line new york american car and foundry company george h andrews armorite conduit company bion j arnold william barclay charles t barney august belmont william bradley e p bryan charles f chandler simon church austin corbin alfred craven richard croker john isaacs davenport chauncey depew louis duncan hopper and company farrell david j framberger william fransioli andrew freedman general electric company george gibbs jay gould hugh grant charles harvey frank hedley george l heins abram s hewitt historic american engineering record hoffman clifton hood paul c hunter cary t hutchinson interborough rapid transit company wallace b katz barbara kimmelman christopher grant lafarge seth low milo roy maltbie alfred marshall john b mcdonald henry morgenthau naughton and company andrew onderdonk alexander e orr william barclay parsons william c phelps rapid transit commission george s rice jacob riis john c rodgers theodore roosevelt thomas fortune ryan david sagarin russell sage jacob schiff charles scott harry seaman geroge a soper frank j sprague john e starr simon sterne lewis b stillwell c w sweet w t thompson daniel l turner commodore vanderbilt cornelius vanderbilt john van vleck j m waldron john dewitt warner adna f weber westinghouse george westinghouse william c whitney william r willcox r t wilson photo ultra high resolution high resolution building church buildings library of congress new york city christianity