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Posted by randyo on Wed Oct 17 17:22:38 2007, in response to Re: Broadway Line Construction (was 3 Ave EL), posted by 5119 on Wed Oct 17 01:36:55 2007. Not really. The original Harlem River at that point became very narrow and shallow at that point an curved west and ran along the approximate location of 230 St. When the ship canal was constructed to permit complete circumnavgation of Manhattan, the original course of the river remained for a few years before being completely filled in. If you look carefully at the el structure in the area of 230 St you will see that there is a slightly longer space between the sets of columns supporting the structure where the original Harlem River was. As for the discrepancy in platform lengths at 242 St, both the island and outside platforms were the same length but the center platform was lengthened over the years and since the outside platforms fell into disuse, they were not lengthened. |
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