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Elevated railroad, Coenties Slip, New York

Elevated railroad, Coenties Slip, New York

Series: American Series. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Elevated railroad station, Chatham Square, New York City

Elevated railroad station, Chatham Square, New York City

Photo copyrighted by Charles Pollock. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Elevated RR; Geogr.; Street RR; Shelf.

14th St. Store, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

14th St. Store, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Herald Square and New York Herald office, home of a great American newspaper, Broadway Sixth Ave. and 36th St. New York City

Herald Square and New York Herald office, home of a great American new...

H41141 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1904 by William H. Rau. No. 5626.

Hippodrome Theatre, New York City

Hippodrome Theatre, New York City

Facade from elevated railroad(?). Photo copyrighted by C.C. Langill, New York. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Theatres; Ph. Ind.

"L" Station, Chatham Square, New York

"L" Station, Chatham Square, New York

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "2798 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018620. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wabash Avenue Station, Madison Steet & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wabash Avenue Station, Madison Steet ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wabash Avenue Station, Madison Steet & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wabash Avenue Station, Madison Steet ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wells Street Station, Randall & Wells Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wells Street Station, Randall & Well...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wabash Avenue Station, Randolph Street & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wabash Avenue Station, Randolph Stre...

Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More

Union Elevated Railroad, State Street Station, Van Buren Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, State Street Station, Van Buren Street, Chica...

Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More

N.Y. harbor from the Battery - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

N.Y. harbor from the Battery - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Elevated Railroad is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its ... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Elevated Railroad is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its ... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Elevated Railroad is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its ... More

[The Bowery, New York] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[The Bowery, New York] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elevated railroad, N.Y. / Loeffler, S.I., N.Y.

Elevated railroad, N.Y. / Loeffler, S.I., N.Y.

No. 100. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Elevated railroad in New York City, possibly 110th St.]

[Elevated railroad in New York City, possibly 110th St.]

Copyright by J.S. Johnston. Public domain photograph of train car, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elevated railroad, Coenties Slip, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

Elevated railroad, Coenties Slip, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

Stereograph showing two street railroad trains traveling in opposite directions, on elevated railroad tracks, passing by buildings in the city. H78983 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1899, by B.L. Singley. No. 569.

Herald Square, junction of Broadway and Sixth Ave., N. showing elevated railway, N.Y.C.

Herald Square, junction of Broadway and Sixth Ave., N. showing elevate...

H89775 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1907 by Underwood & Underwood. U78529. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Westwood, N.J., Washington, D.C. No. 5317.

Frankford Elevated, Pratt Street Station, 5200-5201 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Elevated, Pratt Street Station, 5200-5201 Frankford Avenue, ...

Significance: The station is significant for its association with an early twentieth-century transit system in Philadelphia that had a significant local impact on the patterns of growth and development in the c... More

The Bowery, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

The Bowery, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Lake Street Elevated Railway Interlocking Tower, Pulaski Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lake Street Elevated Railway Interlocking Tower, Pulaski Road, Chicago...

Significance: A surviving example of an elevated railroad interlocking tower which is similar in design to the original towers used around the Union Loop by the Union Elevated Railroad in downtown Chicago. Sur... More

Northwestern Elevated Railroad, Interlocking Tower, Wilson Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Northwestern Elevated Railroad, Interlocking Tower, Wilson Avenue, Chi...

Significance: A surviving example of an elevated railroad interlocking tower which is similar in design to the original towers used around the Union Loop by the Union Elevated Railroad in downtown Chicago. Sur... More

Frankford Elevated, 52100-5400 Frankford Avenue (guideway & stations), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Elevated, 52100-5400 Frankford Avenue (guideway & stations),...

Significance: The Frankford Elevated is significant as an early twentieth-century mass transit system in Philadelphia that had significant local elevated includes structures and station buildings that are repre... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wells Street Station, Randall & Wells Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wells Street Station, Randall & Well...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wabash Avenue Station, Randolph Street & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wabash Avenue Station, Randolph Stre...

Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High Line Railroad, From Red Mountain to Fairfield Works, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

High Line Railroad, From Red Mountain to Fairfield Works, Birmingham, ...

Survey number: HAER AL-86 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chi...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chi...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

N.Y. harbor from the Battery - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

N.Y. harbor from the Battery - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Elevated Railroad is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its ... More

Broadway Railroad - the grand elevation of the overground railroad / designed and patented by William Hemstreet, Brooklyn.

Broadway Railroad - the grand elevation of the overground railroad / d...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1866 March 3, pp. 376-377.

New York City - improved project of a covered atmospheric elevated railway for city transit, by Dr. R.H. Gilbert

New York City - improved project of a covered atmospheric elevated rai...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1871 March 18, p. 1.

Manhattan entrance to Brooklyn Bridge, New York

Manhattan entrance to Brooklyn Bridge, New York

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brooklyn Bridge, New York, N.Y.

Brooklyn Bridge, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "H 450" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036498. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Elevated railroad at 110th St., N.Y. / A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y.

Elevated railroad at 110th St., N.Y. / A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y...

View from below with pedestrians. No. 170. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morningside Park, New York City, N.Y.

Morningside Park, New York City, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Morningside Park, New York City, N.Y

Morningside Park, New York City, N.Y

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30951. "0874" on transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071283. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Raised express track 9th Ave. "L"

Raised express track 9th Ave. "L"

Photograph shows the express tracks of the Ninth Avenue El (elevated railroad) in New York City. The Silas Herring Building at 669 Hudson Street at 14th Street is in background at right. The new configuration f... More

Elevated R.R., New York. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Elevated R.R., New York. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Car...

Stereograph showing street railroad cars traveling through the city across elevated railroad tracks; buildings in the background. Stereo copyrighted by A.S. Campbell. No. 310.

The Bowery, New York City view, photochrome print postcard.

The Bowery, New York City view, photochrome print postcard.

In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53621. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.

Union Elevated Railroad, Clark Street Station, Lake Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Clark Street Station, Lake Street, Chicago, C...

Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Madison-Wells Station, Madison & Wells Street...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Frankford Elevated, 52100-5400 Frankford Avenue (guideway & stations), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Elevated, 52100-5400 Frankford Avenue (guideway & stations),...

Significance: The Frankford Elevated is significant as an early twentieth-century mass transit system in Philadelphia that had significant local elevated includes structures and station buildings that are repre... More

The Harbor and Battery Park, New York, N.Y.

The Harbor and Battery Park, New York, N.Y.

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High Line Railroad, From Red Mountain to Fairfield Works, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

High Line Railroad, From Red Mountain to Fairfield Works, Birmingham, ...

Survey number: HAER AL-86 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High Line Railroad, From Red Mountain to Fairfield Works, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

High Line Railroad, From Red Mountain to Fairfield Works, Birmingham, ...

Survey number: HAER AL-86 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chi...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chi...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chi...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, State Street Station, Van Buren Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, State Street Station, Van Buren Street, Chica...

Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Elevated Railroad is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its ... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Elevated Railroad is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its ... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Elevated Railroad is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its ... More

Sixth Ave. up from Fourteenth St., New York

Sixth Ave. up from Fourteenth St., New York

Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elevated railroad at 110th St. [One Hundred and Tenth Street], New York

Elevated railroad at 110th St. [One Hundred and Tenth Street], New Yor...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A street haberdashery, New York

A street haberdashery, New York

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Bowery, New York City. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

The Bowery, New York City. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

View up street, showing elevated railroad. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battery Park-extreme southern part of Manhattan Island-Elevated Railway and New York Bay, New York City

Battery Park-extreme southern part of Manhattan Island-Elevated Railwa...

H14665 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C. No. 1.

[South Station, Boston, Massachusetts.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[South Station, Boston, Massachusetts.] - Public domain image. Dry pla...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Harvard Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts. postcard

Harvard Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts. postcard

Postcard shows a steel girder bridge crossing the Charles River, with pedestrians, horse and wagon, and elevated railcars crossing. A bridge guardtower and small shed for Boston Elevated Railways Co. Div.s are ... More

9th Ave. "L" - Raised track - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

9th Ave. "L" - Raised track - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photograph shows the express tracks of the Ninth Avenue El (elevated railroad) at 13th Street in New York City. The new configuration for express trains was done as part of a system upgrade from 1914-1915. (So... More

[Overhead view of the "L" elevated railway in Chicago, Illinois]

[Overhead view of the "L" elevated railway in Chicago, Illinois]

Image from Look photographic assignment with title: Chicago city of contrasts. Frame 20 of contact sheet. Forms part of: LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Along the noted Bowery, New York

Along the noted Bowery, New York

Photograph shows elevated railroad, delivery wagons, buildings and people in lower Manhattan. 83936 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New... More

Frankford Elevated, Pratt Street Station, 5200-5201 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Elevated, Pratt Street Station, 5200-5201 Frankford Avenue, ...

Significance: The station is significant for its association with an early twentieth-century transit system in Philadelphia that had a significant local impact on the patterns of growth and development in the c... More

Frankford Elevated, Pratt Street Station, 5200-5201 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Elevated, Pratt Street Station, 5200-5201 Frankford Avenue, ...

Significance: The station is significant for its association with an early twentieth-century transit system in Philadelphia that had a significant local impact on the patterns of growth and development in the c... More

Frankford Elevated, Pratt Street Station, 5200-5201 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Elevated, Pratt Street Station, 5200-5201 Frankford Avenue, ...

Significance: The station is significant for its association with an early twentieth-century transit system in Philadelphia that had a significant local impact on the patterns of growth and development in the c... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Elevated Railway, Elevated Mainline, Washington Street, Boston,...

Significance: Elevated structure is the last remaining portion of a formerly extensive elevated rapid transit system built at the turn of the century in Boston. / This portion of the Orange Line elevated is his... More

Frankford Elevated, 52100-5400 Frankford Avenue (guideway & stations), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Elevated, 52100-5400 Frankford Avenue (guideway & stations),...

Significance: The Frankford Elevated is significant as an early twentieth-century mass transit system in Philadelphia that had significant local elevated includes structures and station buildings that are repre... More

South Terminal Station, Boston, Massachusetts.

South Terminal Station, Boston, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wabash Avenue Station, Randolph Street & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wabash Avenue Station, Randolph Stre...

Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wabash Avenue Station, Randolph Street & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Randolph-Wabash Avenue Station, Randolph Stre...

Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More

Frankford Elevated, Church Street Station, Tenth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Elevated, Church Street Station, Tenth & Chestnut Streets, P...

Survey number: HAER PA-430-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High Line Railroad, From Red Mountain to Fairfield Works, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

High Line Railroad, From Red Mountain to Fairfield Works, Birmingham, ...

Survey number: HAER AL-86 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chi...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, State-Lake Station, State & Lake Streets, Chi...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Loop Elevated is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its role... More

Union Elevated Railroad, State Street Station, Van Buren Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, State Street Station, Van Buren Street, Chica...

Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Elevated Railroad is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its ... More

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