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Railroad tunnels–Design and construction

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Contract book collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007.29
Abstract

Contract books depicting routes, stations, and facilities on the transit lines of the IRT, BMT, and IND systems, as well as substations, rail yards, and surface transit structures.

Dates: 1912 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1970

Eugene Casey tunneling collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1996.1001
Abstract

The Eugene Casey tunneling collection contains documents reflecting the history of tunneling in North America and around the world. Materials include documents describing tunneling methods and construction, early subway construction photographs, the building of the 63rd Street Tunnel, over 100 photographs documenting the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Tube, and records relating to the construction of the Holland Tunnel, including signed reports by Clifford Milburn Holland.

Dates: 1903 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1921

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