Atlantic Avenue Tunnel

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: 1845 Material: gelatin silver prints Dimension: 4 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:15225 wjr-000902 wjr-000902.tif

Description: A photograph of an 1845 drawing, an illustration from an unidentified book, of the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad tunnel under Cobble Hill, running from Columbia Street to Boerum Place. The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel is officially the world's oldest subway tunnel. Built in 1844 beneath a busy street in the City of Brooklyn to provide grade separation for early Long Island Rail Road trains that lacked brakes good enough to operate on city streets, it is a landmarked and protected historic site (It has been a Federal (and State of New York) officially registered Landmark since September 7, 1989: National Register of Historic Places, NRHP Reference#: 76001225). It was sealed off in 1861.

Title : Atlantic Avenue Tunnel

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : 1845

Summary/Description : A photograph of an 1845 drawing, an illustration from an unidentified book, of the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad tunnel under Cobble Hill, running from Columbia Street to Boerum Place. The Atlantic Avenue Tunnel is officially the world's oldest subway tunnel. Built in 1844 beneath a busy street in the City of Brooklyn to provide grade separation for early Long Island Rail Road trains that lacked brakes good enough to operate on city streets, it is a landmarked and protected historic site (It has been a Federal (and State of New York) officially registered Landmark since September 7, 1989: National Register of Historic Places, NRHP Reference#: 76001225). It was sealed off in 1861.

Subject : Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad Company; Long Island Rail Road; Railroad tunnels

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Atlantic Avenue near Court Street, Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver prints; 4 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:15225 wjr-000902 wjr-000902.tif