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[Placing truss on trailer.]

[Placing truss on trailer.]

[Cutting through trusses.]

[Cutting through trusses.]

[Cutting through trusses of the Third Avenue El between 6th and 7th Streets.]

[Cutting through trusses of the Third Avenue El between 6th and 7th Streets.]

[9th Street Station being dismantled.]

[9th Street Station being dismantled.]

[Cutting through trusses of the Third Avenue El near Cooper Square.]

[Cutting through trusses of the Third Avenue El near Cooper Square.]

[Removing sections of ties.]

[Removing sections of ties.]

[Cutting rails.]

[Cutting rails.]

[Third Avenue El from 27th Street.]

[Third Avenue El from 27th Street.]

[Sawing through supports of catwalk, after railing has been removed.]

[Sawing through supports of catwalk, after railing has been removed.]

[Removal of catwalk and trucking away salvaged lumber.]

[Removal of catwalk and trucking away salvaged lumber.]

[Third Avenue El.]

[Third Avenue El.]

[Removal of sections of rail.]

[Removal of sections of rail.]

[Removing sections of ties.]

[Removing sections of ties.]

[Trucking away salvaged sections of steel rail.]

[Trucking away salvaged sections of steel rail.]

[Cutting through trusses of the Third Avenue El, north of 6th Street.]

[Cutting through trusses of the Third Avenue El, north of 6th Street.]

[Third Avenue El, northward from 5th Street.]

[Third Avenue El, northward from 5th Street.]

[Removal of sections of rail.]

[Removal of sections of rail.]

[Elevated train from Astor Place and Fourth Avenue.]

[Elevated train from Astor Place and Fourth Avenue.]

[Third Avenue El at 7th Street.]

[Third Avenue El at 7th Street.]

[Third Avenue El from the roof of Cooper Union.]

[Third Avenue El from the roof of Cooper Union.]

[Placing truss on trailer.]

Photographer Calvin S. Hathaway
Accession number X2010.11.8960 
Unique identifier MNY223231 
Dated December 16, 1955 
Inscription / technical details In ink, on verso: Friday 16 December 1955 / Placing truss on trailer--2. 
File dimensions 14.0 in × 9.3 in at 300dpi
35.5 cm × 23.7 cm at 300dpi 

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