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Posted by randyo on Mon Aug 26 13:57:51 2013, in response to Re: Essex- Before the IND, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Aug 26 10:57:12 2013. As originally planned, the Canal St line was supposed to go all the way to West St and the Bway express tracks connected to the middle tracks at Canal upper. The upper level at City hall was to have been a stub terminal for locals coming from Queens and the lower level was supposed to be a 3 track through station with the middle track used for turning express trains from either Brooklyn or uptown much the way Whitehall is today. Since the Manhattan Bridge tracks were ready before the Montague St tunnel, a "temporary" curve and ramps were built to connect the canal St subway with the Bway subway to get BMT (or BRT at the time) trains to midtown Manhattan originally only as far as 14 St. As construction of the Montague St tunnel and the line S/O Canal St progressed, another "temporary" ramp was built connecting the tracks from Cortlandt St to then upper level at City Hall to expedite the establishment of through service from the Montague St tunnel to Bway. With various economic and political conditions being what they were, this "temporary" arrangement eventually became permanent and the BMT was left with pretty much what we see today. The Xover space N/O City Hall upper was ultimately taken over and used for signal relay equipment for the City Hall master tower. |
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