EPISODE · Aug 29, 2020 · 21 MIN
THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 79: THE HISTORY OF THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM PART 1
from THE QUEENS NEW YORKER · host Jason DeCanio
ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST TRANSIT SYSTEM TO RUN THROUGH THE TUNNELS AND ELEVATED TRACKS THROUGH THE FIVE BOROUGHS, KNOWN AS THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM OR IRT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_the_IRT_subway Photo by: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1897_Poor%27s_Brooklyn_Rapid_Transit_Company.jpg
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ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST TRANSIT SYSTEM TO RUN THROUGH THE TUNNELS AND ELEVATED TRACKS THROUGH THE FIVE BOROUGHS, KNOWN AS THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM OR IRT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_the_IRT_subway Photo by: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1897_Poor%27s_Brooklyn_Rapid_Transit_Company.jpg
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