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Re: NYC's First Underwater Subway Tunnel Turns 111 Years Old |
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Posted by andy on Sat Jan 12 09:06:02 2019, in response to NYC's First Underwater Subway Tunnel Turns 111 Years Old, posted by Michael549 on Fri Jan 11 12:39:47 2019. This article is incorrect because of two factors:(1) As other posters noted, the IRT Harlem River Tunnel (#2 train today) was the first underwater subway tunnel in NYC. It opened July 10, 1905. The fact that it is shorter than the Joralemon Street Tunnel is irrelevant. (2) The Brooklyn Bridge transit service was not simply a shuttle. By 1900, there was through service on numerous BRT trolley and el routes between Park Row (Manhattan) and many Brooklyn destinations, without change of cars or trains. The cross-bridge shuttles continued until about 1908, but were hardly the only service on the bridge at that time. The person who wrote this article needs a serious history lesson. |
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