Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 / The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad / The Terminal Station - West

by Benjamin Franklin Cresson

Plate L, Fig. 1.— TW 23, P.N.Y. & L.I.R.R. Terminal Station West. View looking Eastward from Tenth Ave., showing work between Ninth & Tenth Avenues. Dec. 26, 06.

Plate L, Fig. 2.— TW 35, P.T. & T.R.R. Co. Terminal Station West. View looking Northwest from Sta. 184, 120 feet South of center line. Dec. 31, 07.

Plate L, Fig. 3.— TW 96, P.T. & T.R.R. Co. N.R. Div. Terminal Station West. View looking West from Ninth Avenue Elevated Railway, showing condition of work. May 26, 09.

Plate L, Fig. 4.— TW 104, P.N.Y. & L.I.R.R. Terminal Station West. View from Tenth Avenue looking East, showing progress of concrete walls. Aug. 7, 09.

Along the north side, between Stations 186 + 50 and 187 + 50, the walls supporting the adjoining back yards were of poor quality and had to be renewed by the contractor before excavation could be done.