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Harlem River (N.Y.)

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Subway Construction Photograph Collection, Independent City Lines. Route 105, 1927-1933

The 698 Independent Subway System (IND) Route 105 photographs show construction of the Eighth Avenue Line to Inwood in Manhattan (the A train). The route is divided into the following sections: Section 1, Fort Washington Avenue to Dyckman Street; Section 2, Broadway from Dyckman Street to 215th Street; and Section 3, West 207th Street from Vermilyea Avenue to Post Avenue. The series includes many views of the 207th Street Yard by the Harlem River. Other views include the Isham Park Dump, Dyckman House, and a small shopping district along Dyckman Street, including the Dyckman Theatre.
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Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 5, Sections 6-15, 1911-1925

The 4,631 Contract Three, Route 5, Sections 6-15 photographs show the construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the Lexington Avenue Line (the 4 train, 5 train, and 6 train) from East 26th street to East 132nd street in Manhattan, crossing the Harlem River via the Lexington Avenue Tunnel to East 138th Street and Alexander Avenue (the 6) and East 157th Street and River Avenue (the 4 and 5) in the Bronx.

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Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract One, 1900-1932 (bulk 1900-1904)

The 4,744 Contract One photographs show the earliest subway construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), including portions of the Lexington Avenue Line (the 4 train, 5 train, and 6 train); the 42nd Street Shuttle; the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (the 1 train, 2 train, and 3 train); the Lenox Avenue Line (the 2 train and 3 train); and the West Farms Division of the White Plains Road Line (the 2 train and 5 train).

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