Independent Rapid Transit Railroad
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
BMT Lines, 1913 - 1984
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2007.29.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Contract Books Collection is a series of approximately 400 discrete volumes (and numerous duplicates) depicting the construction, modification, modernization, and rehabilitation of routes, stations, and rail facilities built and operated by the IRT, BMT, and IND systems. Contracts document the lifespans of the New York City subway system’s various routes, from their original construction under the Dual Contracts Era and numerous platform extensions effected mid-century, to installation...
Dates:
1913 - 1984
IND Lines, 1924 - 1989
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2007.29.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Contract Books Collection is a series of approximately 400 discrete volumes (and numerous duplicates) depicting the construction, modification, modernization, and rehabilitation of routes, stations, and rail facilities built and operated by the IRT, BMT, and IND systems. Contracts document the lifespans of the New York City subway system’s various routes, from their original construction under the Dual Contracts Era and numerous platform extensions effected mid-century, to installation...
Dates:
1924 - 1989
IRT Lines, 1912 - 1987
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2007.29.1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Contract Books Collection is a series of approximately 400 discrete volumes (and numerous duplicates) depicting the construction, modification, modernization, and rehabilitation of routes, stations, and rail facilities built and operated by the IRT, BMT, and IND systems. Contracts document the lifespans of the New York City subway system’s various routes, from their original construction under the Dual Contracts Era and numerous platform extensions effected mid-century, to installation...
Dates:
1912 - 1987
Jay Street drawings and prints
Collection
Identifier: 1999.66
Abstract
The Jay Street drawings and prints contains technical and engineering drawings documenting the construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and power infrastructure of New York City’s surface transit, elevated railroad, and subway facilities and services from the 1880s through the 1970s.
Dates:
1880 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1940
Other Sites and Facilities, 1925 - 1995
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2007.29.4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Contract Books Collection is a series of approximately 400 discrete volumes (and numerous duplicates) depicting the construction, modification, modernization, and rehabilitation of routes, stations, and rail facilities built and operated by the IRT, BMT, and IND systems. Contracts document the lifespans of the New York City subway system’s various routes, from their original construction under the Dual Contracts Era and numerous platform extensions effected mid-century, to installation...
Dates:
1925 - 1995