New York City Subway opened today in 1904

by Andrew on October 27, 2011

New York City subway station circa 1904

The New York City subway mass transit system opened on October 27, 1904. While not the first (London’s opened in 1863) in the world or in America (Boston’s opened in 1897) it grew into the largest subway system here in America.

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