Broadway Railroad - the grand elevation of the overground railroad / designed and patented by William Hemstreet, Brooklyn. – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Broadway Railroad - the grand elevation of the overground railroad / designed and patented by William Hemstreet, Brooklyn., an antique engraving rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Broadway Railroad - the grand elevation of the overground railroad / designed and patented by William Hemstreet, Brooklyn.
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William Hemstreet's design for an elevated railroad over Broadway, patented by an inventor from Brooklyn, appeared as a wood engraving in *Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper* on March 3, 1866. By the mid-1860s Broadway was crowded with horse-drawn omnibuses and streetcars, and planners were looking for ways to move passengers above the surface traffic. New York's first elevated lines did not open until 1868, so this print captures the city's early thinking about that problem. It is a useful record of the proposals that came before the elevated railways that later reshaped the street.
| Created / published | 1866 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1866 March 3, pp. 376-377. |
| Subjects | Elevated railroads--New York (State)--New York--1870-1880. City & town life--New York (State)--New York--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,396 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-184957 |
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