That one was built by Alfred Ely Beech of the Beech Pneumatic Transit Company of New York, organized in 1869 and built in 1870. It consisted of a pneumatic tube that was eight feet in diameter and ...

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Transit workers repairing tracks on the D Line in the Bronx [Photo: MTA New York City Transit/Leonard ... While the TWU officials long ago abandoned the principle of “no contract, no work ...

Join us on a spooky journey through the graveyards of New York City transit history ... was built in Chinatown in the 1970s, but later abandoned when funding ran dry. The space was used for ...

Another of the abandoned nine still standing is the elegant City Hall ... The Court Street station in Downtown Brooklyn has been repurposed into the permanent home of the New York Transit Museum.