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Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon) |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jan 10 18:43:52 2012, in response to Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon), posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Jan 8 11:43:36 2012. Service ended at Rockaway Ave, but construction continued eastward up to January 1942, when all major civilian construction projects were suspended so we could gear up for war production. By that time the tunnel under Pitkin to Euclid was pretty much done. They had to wait until 1945 to re-start construction, which first allowed the line to be extended to ENY in 1946 and Euclid in 1948.This is also why the loophole exists for the rumors that a 76th St shell could have been built when the rest of the line under Pitkin was also built. Before construction stopped, the line was still planned to go further than Euclid along Pitkin, by the time it restarted, plans were changed, but the possibility there exists that the tunnel was built to 76th ST by January 1942 when the rest of the line was halted. |
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