Check Out These Vintage Photos of the NYC Subway System's Construction & Evolution | spoiled NYC

Did you know the New York City subway-- you know, the one you ride on the daily-- has been transporting people in and around this city since 1904? 

Ever wondered about its origins? You know, how it all got started?  

In these vintage photos from Vintage Everydayyou can check out how the subway actually began, and scope out how it's changed from present day. 


01 First actual work at Bleecker and Greene Streets. ca. 1900

[anad]

image

03 Edward Levick. Mayor McClellan on first subway trip. 1904

04 Byron Company (New York, N.Y.). Subway, Hudson Tubes. ca. 1908

05 Pierre P. Pullis  G. W. Pullis. Subway tunnel construction at Lexington Avenue and 97th Street. 1913

10 Arnold Eagle. Interior of an unidentified station of the Third Avenue El. 1948

image

[anad2]

image

image

Check out This 1910s Vintage Subway Train in Today's NYC Subway System

[Feature Image Courtesy Vintage Everyday]

recent

popular