M'Adoo Tunnel; Morton Street tubes completed; Cortlandt Street tubes under way. M'Adoo Terminal, 6th Ave. and 33d St.; Penna. Tunnels on lowest level; proposed municipal subway; M'Adoo subway terminus; surface lines; 6th Ave., "L" and bridge over "L."
Description
Sixth Avenue and 33rd Street. Illustrated cross-section of one of the "Hudson tubes," which are now operated as part of the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) system as well as the Penn station terminal. The two passenger railway tubes were completed and opened in 1908. Their construction was overseen by William M'Adoo, President of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company who later went on to become Secretary of the Treasury under President Wilson from 1913-1918 and Director of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) from 1917-1918.
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Local Subjects
Urban transportation--New York (State)--New York
Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)
Subways--New York (State)--New York
Note
Digital version published by City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.