elevatedrailway

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Raised express track 9th Ave. "L" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Moayad Hussain said:
    Ok, for a moment I thought this it a photograph of a modern scene edited with Snapseed or something :)
  • Art Siegel said:
    Taken from same spot:
    Raised express track, 9th Ave. "L" (LOC)
  • Art Siegel said:
    This picture shows the 1915 conversion of the center express tracks at the 14th Street Station to a "hump express" configuration, whereby express trains arrived at the station on a higher track than locals. It is taken from the east side of 9th Ave., looking northwest toward 14th St.
    This August, 1915 New York Times article describes the resumption of express train service after a two week suspension to raise the tracks, which has been completed at the time of this photo.
    select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50816F6355A1573...
    This photo from the 30's shows the finished station from the opposite side of 9th avenue, looking northwest:
    picasaweb.google.com/116363262722377355677/NYC9thAveEl?no...
    And this aerial photo from the 30's shows that the tracks were eventually enclosed and roofed over at 14th St.
    picasaweb.google.com/116363262722377355677/NYC9thAveEl?no...
  • B-59 said:
    Must be approximately this sight in this case:
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  • victor98_2001 said:
    nice shot

Raised express track, 9th Ave. "L" (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • Petey Pengüino said:
    Is this Chicago?
  • Art Siegel said:
    No, New York, though this elevated railway is long gone (demolished 1940).
    Taken from same spot:
    Raised express track 9th Ave.
  • Art Siegel said:
    This picture shows the 1915 conversion of the center express tracks at the 14th Street Station to a "hump express" configuration, whereby express trains arrived at the station on a higher track than locals. It is taken from the east side of 9th Ave., looking northwest toward 14th St. This photo from the 30's shows the finished station from the opposite side of 9th avenue, looking northwest: picasaweb.google.com/116363262722377355677/NYC9thAveEl?no... And this aerial photo from the 30's shows that the tracks were eventually enclosed and roofed over at 14th St. picasaweb.google.com/116363262722377355677/NYC9thAveEl?no...
  • Petey Pengüino said:
    Thank you, Artolog! The elevated trains are sometimes called by "L" in Chicagoland, which I don't actually know very well, just slightly better than New York.
  • Orbitallens said:
    Really cool history!

Trinity Church

from George Eastman Museum

  • seLusava photographer Carioca Copacabana said:
    Sensational old capture! Very, very beautiful!
  • Thallis Guimarães Thebaldi said:
    Super ultra B&W !
  • Walter Botteldoorne said:
    Supermooie oude Trnity kerk uit 1903, proficiat