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Identifier: scenesofmodernne00durs (find matches)
Title: Scenes of modern New York.
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC L.H. Nelson Company
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Publisher: Portland, Me. : L.H. Nelson
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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HIGH BRIDGE was built to carry the Croton Aqueduct across the Harlem Valley at 175th Street. It is supported by 13 arches resting on solid granite piers, andis M<iO feet long. WASHINGTON BRIDGE crosses the Harlem a short distance above High Bridge. It is built of steel, iron and stone and is 80 feet wide and 2,400 feet long.THE EMPIRE TRACK, one of the most famous race tracks of the metropolis, is located at Mount Vernon in Westchester County.
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SUBWAY KJJTRANCK. CIT^ HALL. The entrances and exits to the citys underground rapid transit system are a new feature of the streets of the metropolis.They are Substantially built and of pleasing design. The herculean undertaking was completed in 1904. Ultimate cost. (60,000,000. Brooklyn Bridge is the ter-minal for all lines. Manhattan western section runs to Kingsbridgc, eastern to Bronx Park. Brooklyn tunnel will pass under Broadway to South Kerry, thenceunder East River to Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. Manhattan and Bronx lines reach Yonkers and Williamsbridge. Various branches and loop-lines connect sections. INTERIOR OF SUBWAY. The subway is rectangular, 13 feet high and 25 feet wide for 2-track sections, 50 feet wide for 4-track sections. The bed is of concrete,with steel frame construction, concrete walls and roof, lined with asphalt and roofing-felt. It is mostly near the surface, but at certam points drops lower, nota-bly at Col mnbus Avenue and in4th Street, where the cars

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