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Title: Sectional view at 6th Avenue and 32nd Street.
Image ID: 810030
Image ID 810030
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 23 x 16 cm. (9 x 6 1/4 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Tunnels -- New York (State) -- New York
Transportation -- New York (State) -- New York
Mass Transit -- New York (State) -- New York
Subway Stations -- New York (State) -- New York
Book Illustrations
Notes: Printed on border: "Reproduced by permission of the Scientific American." "This picture shows the full development of New York's various transportation schemes now under way as they will appear at this particular point in the city. Starting at the bottom 55 feet below the street surface will be the new Pennsylvania Tunnel. Immediately above the roof of this there is to be the three track Rapid Transit subway. Over this, the tracks of the Hudson Company's system. Then appears the surface railroad, the Elevated at 32nd Street station, and above the Elevated the foot-bridge--in all five superimposed railroad systems."
Alternate Title: Sectional view at Sixth Avenue and Thirty-second Street.
Date Published: 1911
Barcode Number: 33333159178892
Struc ID: 580323
Source: Souvenir books and pictures of prominent cities and summer resorts.   View All images from Source
In Folder: New York City -- transportation   View All images from Folder

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