Dan05979 Posted October 28, 2009 Share #26 Posted October 28, 2009 sure they did...August Belmont did...C section...gave birth to a big baby bouncing subway system B) ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted October 28, 2009 Share #27 Posted October 28, 2009 ouch And he was never the same again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted October 28, 2009 Share #28 Posted October 28, 2009 Well if you want to be technical, then technically, it should be from June 1940 when the Board of Transportation took over the IRT and BMT thus really making it the "NYC Subway". So most likely the October 27 celebration is for the IRTs opening of the City Hall to 145th Street section? But wasn't there a first subway before the IRT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted October 28, 2009 Share #29 Posted October 28, 2009 So most likely the October 27 celebration is for the IRTs opening of the City Hall to 145th Street section? But wasn't there a first subway before the IRT? Not in NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted October 28, 2009 Share #30 Posted October 28, 2009 Maybe he's thinking of the Beachy pneumatic tube. the els (including much of the line) also predated the subway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted October 29, 2009 Share #31 Posted October 29, 2009 Maybe he's thinking of the Beachy pneumatic tube.the els (including much of the line) also predated the subway. He could be thinking of that, but it is a bit of a stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted October 29, 2009 Share #32 Posted October 29, 2009 Well, when someone mentions a kind of "subway" in NYC before the 1904 line, they would usually be referring to that. Perhaps also the Altlantic Ave. tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted October 29, 2009 Share #33 Posted October 29, 2009 Ok, I could see Beaches Pnumatic as a subway. I would not count the Atlantic Ave tunnel, did it even have a station? I always thought it was just a very long railroad tunnel under the ave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted October 30, 2009 Share #34 Posted October 30, 2009 Happy 105th birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted October 30, 2009 Share #35 Posted October 30, 2009 Ok, I could see Beaches Pnumatic as a subway. I would not count the Atlantic Ave tunnel, did it even have a station? I always thought it was just a very long railroad tunnel under the ave. I'm not talking about what officially "counts" now. But that was perhaps the first below street railway in the city, and it was before the underground system that became known as "the subway". Likewise, the Beachy tube was very short. Hence, historians will sometimes refer to them as precursors to the subway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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