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Posted by randyo on Fri Nov 1 19:28:02 2013, in response to Re: 230TH/BAILEY AVENUE station.., posted by Dyre Dan on Fri Nov 1 16:44:40 2013. It wasn't Spuyten Duyvil Creek that was filled in but rather the original path of the Harlem River. At that point, the Harlem River was not navigable so the ship canal was constructed to provide a means for ships to get from the Harlem to the Hudson River. There was no true bridge over the original river but if one looks carefully, the columns supporting the el structure in that area are just slightly farther apart to allow for the river to pass underneath. The reason for the original terminal at Bailey Av was a station on the NYC Putnam Division, but before the el construction got that far, the NYC closed that station so the route of the el was changed to its present alignment before the Bailey Av station even had a chance to be built. Since the original path of the Harlem River is the true border between Manhattan and the Bronx, the Marble Hill neighborhood is actually in Manhattan and not the Bronx although I have heard that has changed in recent years. |
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