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Re: Guess the LIRR location, 1878 |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Apr 17 13:38:42 2015, in response to Re: Guess the LIRR location, 1878, posted by Elkeeper on Thu Apr 16 20:06:16 2015. That’s correct. Prior to the adoption of the existing route, there were a couple of other proposals for the extension of the Fulton St subway easton Rockaway Av. One called for the subway to continue straight down Fulton St and connect to the Liberty Av structure from north of Liberty Av rather than from the south as it does now. Another had the el turning east directly under Liberty Av east of Penna Av and connecting to the Fulton structure straight on. The problem with that plan would have been that there was no good place to be able to construct a portal on Liberty Av itself and connect it to the portion of the Fulton El that was strong enough to support steel cars. Making a connection west of Chestnut St would have required the old Fulton El structure between Chestnut and 80 (Hudson) St to have been rebuilt to dual contract standards to match the eastern portion of the structure. As the city saw it, the most practical and economic way to extend the subway was to build it as it presently exists basically duplicating the route of the old Fulton El along Pitkin Av and building the portal and ramp along private property even if tit required condemnation proceedings. |
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