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OCTOBER 5, 1929, WHEN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN, A NEW
TRACK WAS BEING INSTALLED NORTH OF THE EXISTING TRACKS.
ON OCTOBER 21 CABIN SEVEN'S SIGNAL, PICTURED, WAS MOVED
WEST 25 FEET AND PLACED ON THE PROSPECT STREET BRIDGE.
THESE THREE PHOTOS SHOW THE WOOD RETAINING WALL UP CLOSE
ON NOVEMBER 16 THE WESTBOUND HIGH PLATFORM AT UNION HALL
STREET WAS REMOVED AND WAS REPLACED BY A LOW PLATFORM
EXTENDING FROM NEW YORK AVENUE TO PUNTINE STREET.
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CABIN SEVEN WAS CLOSED DECEMBER 8 1929
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ANOTHER DAVE KELLER IMAGE - THANKS DAVE!
MAIN LINE TRACK NUMBER ONE ON THIS MAP WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE
JUNE 25 1930 AND REPLACED BY CONNECTIONS TO THE NEW ELEVATED STATION.
NEW EMBANKMENT LOOKING WEST JUNE 16 1930
WAS PLACED IN SERVICE JUNE 21 AND 22
UNION HALL STREET STATION CONSTRUCTION JUNE 16 1930
CABIN "J1" OCTOBER 18 1930
AT THE RIGHT ARE THE TEMPORARY EASTWARD PLATFORM AT
UNION HALL STREET AND THE WOODEN STAIRS TO THE STREET.
THESE WERE REMOVED FROM SERVICE FEBRUARY 26 1931.
CABIN J - 3 IN DISTANCE
PROSPECT STREET UNDERGRADE BRIDGE DECEMBER 20 1930
NEW YORK AVENUE LOOKING NORTHEAST DECEMBER 20 1930
NEW YORK AVENUE LOOKING SOUTH NOVEMBER 27 1930
ENTRANCE TO NEW WESTBOUND PLATFORM IS NOT OPEN YET
LOOKING EAST APRIL 30 1931
UNION HALL STREET STATION NEW
MARCH 22 1931
IN 1975
