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The El on the Eve of Renewed Rapid Transit and Subway Extension Tunneling

    This photo shows the El near 32nd Street on the eve of renewed tunneling of the West Philadelphia integrated rapid transit and subway system, which had been halted during the Great Depression and Second World War.

    Decades
    1940s
    Keywords
    Transportation
    1948
    Street Address
    32nd and Market Streets
    Copyright
    Rights Protected
    Attribution/Credit

    Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection, courtesy Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA