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

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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

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Date

1904
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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
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Location

New York, United States40.78306, -73.97125
Google Map of 40.7830603, -73.9712488
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Source

Library of Congress
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