You may not find the answer to your specific, but (in my opinion) an
outstanding
site relating to rapid transit in NYC, past and present, can be found at
http://www.nycsubway.org/

Bill Carr
Ballston Lake, NY
(with one daughter living in the Village and the other in Long Island City)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Newspaper Annie" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 2:20 PM
Subject: Turn-of-the-century NYC Interborough Travel


> In the limited bit of research I've been able to do
> lately, I've come across several things that mention
> the fact that most of the boroughs in New York City
> after the 1898 consolidation were not connected by
> bridges to each other or to Manhattan. My question is,
> how did they travel between boroughs? Ferries and the
> like? Did some of the elevated trains span the rivers?
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Rachel H.
>
>
>
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