Subways
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variants:
Heavy rail rapid transit
Metros (Subways)
Rail rapid transit, Heavy
Railroads, Underground
Tubes (Subways)
Underground railroads
Undergrounds (Subways)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Broad Street Subway extensions, "A" Street to Oxford Avenue, boring plan: Sheet B-1; sheet B-2; sheet B-3; sheet B-4; sheet B-5; sheet B-6; sheet B-7; sheet B-8; sheet B-9; sheet B-10; sheet B-11 [fragile], 1965 October 15
Item — Drawer N9: Series 9, Folder: 2.2
Identifier: 9
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1965 October 15
Broad Street Subway, plan of proposed location 36 inch water main, Franklin Square [fragile], 1925 May 25
Item — Drawer N4: Series 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: 4
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1925 May 25
The Benjamin Franklin Parkway subway: plan and profile, 21st to 29th Streets, 1922 December 6
Item — Drawer F19, Folder: 1.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1922 December 6