The Canal as Railway

See more information about this image. Then browse or search in the image catalog, or click on "Exit" at the upper right of any page in the catalog to get back to this page.	In 1920, the Barge Canal was completed and the old canal through the city was abandoned.
A half-mile part of the old canal between Main Street and South Avenue became Broad Street in 1924.	See more information about this image. Then browse or search in the image catalog, or click on "Exit" at the upper right of any page in the catalog to get back to this page.
See more information about this image. Then browse or search in the image catalog, or click on "Exit" at the upper right of any page in the catalog to get back to this page.	A subway was built above ground in the old canal ditch and under the new Broad Street.
The subway opened in 1927 and provided fast east-west transit through the city.	See more information about this image. Then browse or search in the image catalog, or click on "Exit" at the upper right of any page in the catalog to get back to this page.