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Subway Construction Shield

Collection: Long Island Daily Press Photograph Morgue Collection
Date: March 22, 1976; 1976-03-22 Material: gelatin silver prints Dimension: 9 x 7 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Long Island Daily Press Identifier: aql:31884 ldp-002126 ldp-002126.tif

Description: A construction shield sits in a pit at the north end of a newly-completed tunnel under the Long Island Rail Road right-of-way at Archer Avenue and 159th Street. The shield is to be moved south of the LIRR tracks to begin work on the second of two tunnels for the new Southeast Queens subway extension.

Collection : aql:16495

Creator : Long Island Daily Press

Date : March 22, 1976; 1976-03-22

Summary/Description : A construction shield sits in a pit at the north end of a newly-completed tunnel under the Long Island Rail Road right-of-way at Archer Avenue and 159th Street. The shield is to be moved south of the LIRR tracks to begin work on the second of two tunnels for the new Southeast Queens subway extension.

Subject : Construction projects; Subways; Subway tunnels

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Archer Avenue near 159th Street, Jamaica, NY Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver prints; 9 x 7 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:31884 ldp-002126 ldp-002126.tif

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Subject:
Construction projects; Subways; Subway tunnels
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