(115k, 1044x557) Country: United States City: New York System: New York City Transit Line: IRT West Side Line Location: 238th Street Collection of: Herbert P. Maruska Date: 1909 Notes: View of the Broadway elevated structure; the photographer was standing at about W240 St (Van Cortland Park South) looking across the Moshulu River (also known as "Tibbets Brook") southwest toward Broadway and the 238th St. station. Notice that "Broadway" has been created as a line of fill in the River, forming a base for the El. This fill dirt served to attach Paparinemin Island, on which the W231 St and W238 St stations were located, to the mainland. Later the Moshulu River was confined to a large pipe and the entire wetland was filled in. Thus did Man conquer Nature in the early 20th Century! Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 5514 |
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