The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The New York Subway, by AnonymousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The New York Subway Its Construction and EquipmentAuthor: AnonymousRelease Date: January 21, 2006 [eBook #17569]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NEW YORK SUBWAY***E-text prepared by Ronald Holder, Diane Monico, and the Project GutenbergOnline Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/)Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the numerous original illustrations. See 17569-h.htm or 17569-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/7/5/6/17569/17569-h/17569-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/7/5/6/17569/17569-h.zip)Interborough Rapid TransitTHE NEW YORK SUBWAYIts Construction and Equipment[Illustration: OPERATING ROOM OF POWER HOUSE][Illustration: (I.R.T. symbol)]New YorkInterborough Rapid Transit CompanyANNO. DOMI. MCMIVCopyright, 1904, byInterborough Rapid Transit Co.New YorkPlanned and Executed by TheMcGraw Publishing Co.[Illustration: (McGraw Publishing Company New York logo)]TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No.INTRODUCTION, ...