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2,000 Photos Showing NYC's 1900s Mass Transit System Now Online

14 photos

Handcar, 1902

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3 Ave & 161 St looking south, 1901

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1902

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Sub Station 6 looking north, 1901

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Sub Station 6 looking north, 1900

Photo courtesy of the MCNY



Sub Station 6 looking north, 1900

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Sub Station 5, 1901. (This is one of the building's <a href="http://www.boweryboogie.com/2009/08/manhattan-railway-company-station-5/">still standing today</a>.)

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Sub Station 4 looking north, 1902

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Sub Station 4, 1903

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54 St & 5 Ave Looking East, 1901

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74 St Power Station looking north, 1902

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Sub Station 2 looking north, 1902

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