File:Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920; the borough of homes and industry, a descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes (14778805361).jpg

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Title: Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920; the borough of homes and industry, a descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes during the past ten years ... a prediction of even greater growth during the next ten years ... and a statement of its many advantages, attractions and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and to succeed
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Chamber of Commerce (Queens, New York, N.Y.) Willis, Walter I., comp
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Publisher: (New York, L. I. Star Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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reet,Manhattan. Before that time indirect communciation was possible through theBorough of Brooklyn and the timnels and bridges connecting it with Manhattan. The first link joining Manhattan and Queens, and eliminating the EastRiver as a barrier to the spread of population and commerce eastward, was theopening of the Queensboro Bridge in March 1909 for trolley and vehicular traffic. The second link was the inauguration on September 10th, 1910 of the silent,swift and smokeless electric train service from the magnificient PennsylvaniaStation at 33rd Street and 7th Avenue, Manhattan, through the tunnels tmderthe East River and over 70 miles of tracks of the Long Island Railroad in Queens,serving every section of the Borough. The third link was the opening of the Queensboro Subway on June 22,1915, from Long Island City through the tunnels under the East River to 42ndStreet and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, connecting with the InterboroughSubway System in Manhattan, Brooklvn, and the Bronx.
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The B.\tterv in 1920. 14 Chamber of Commerce ok the Borough of Queens The fourth link was the completion of the New York Connecting RailroadBridge in 1917 over the East River at Hell Gate, providing an all rail route be-tween Queens Borough and the New England States and saving on an average24 hours in the shipment of freight. The fifth link was the operation on July 23rd, 1917 of the Second AvenueL across the upper level of the Queensboro Bridge, bringing into close touchthe most congested section of the city on the East Side of Manhattan with theleast developed portions in the Borough of Queens. The sixth link was the operation in the spring of 1920 of the Brooklyn RapidTransit trains, through the new tunnels under the East River at 60th Street, tothe Bridge Plaza Station in Long Island City and connecting with the rapidtransit extensions to Astoria and Corona. 5. The Utilization of Electricity While the use of electricity applies to all cities, it has a special applicationto New Yo

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