IRT Powerhouse

[wanswheel]

Midtown skyline in the 1920s, IRT Powerhouse on the left.

59th St. looking west.

New York Central 60th Street Yard.

West End Ave., which becomes 11th Ave. south of 59th St.

58th St. over the new NYC cut. 11th Ave. & 59th St. in the distance

57th St.

The flagman is at the northeast corner of 11th Ave. & 59th St., diagonally across the street from the powerhouse. This was before the new tracks.

Same location

Interborough Rapid Transit Company

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?17542

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?17543

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?17544

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?17545

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?17546

http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/irtbook_ch3.html

Mike

[daveklepper]

Thanks!   As a child, around 8 or 9, I visited the interior and was very impressed.