Railroad tunnels–Design and construction
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Contract book collection
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.
Eugene Casey tunneling collection
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.
Jay Street drawings and prints
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.