On November 27, 1907, the very first train to go to Brooklyn via the new Battery-Joralemon Tunnel left the Wall Street station in Manhattan at 12:30 p.m. This train carried about 200 men, including officials of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, engineers, and reporters. Oh yeah, and a mixed-breed dog named Subway Nellie. In my […]
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1907: Subway Nellie, the Dog That Christened the IRT East River Subway Tunnel
Posted: 5th February 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Brooklyn Borough Hall, East River Tunnel, Interborough Rapid Transit, Joralemon-Battery Tunnel, New York City Subway, New York History, Subway Nellie
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