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Hell Gate Bridge, the Glossary

The Hell Gate Bridge (originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge) is a railroad bridge in New York City, New York, United States.^[1]

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Acela

The Acela (originally the Acela Express until September 2019) is Amtrak's flagship passenger train service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the Northeastern United States between Washington, D.C., and Boston via 13 intermediate stops, including Baltimore, New York City and Philadelphia.

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Alexander Cassatt

Alexander Johnston Cassatt (December 8, 1839 – December 28, 1906) was the seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), serving from June 9, 1899, to December 28, 1906.

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Alfred P. Boller

Alfred Pancoast Boller (February 23, 1840 – December 9, 1912) was a civil engineer and bridge designer.

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American Bridge Company

The American Bridge Company is a heavy/civil construction firm that specializes in building and renovating bridges and other large, complex structures.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system

Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system is a traction power network for the southern portion of the Northeast Corridor (NEC), the Keystone Corridor, and several branch lines between New York City and Washington D.C. The system was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1915 and 1938 before the North American power transmission grid was fully established.

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Arch

An arch is a curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it.

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Astoria Park

Astoria Park is a public park in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City.

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Astoria, Queens

Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens.

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Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard station

The Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard station (originally the Ditmars Avenue station; also Ditmars Boulevard station), is the northern terminal station on the BMT Astoria Line of the New York City Subway.

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Ballast

Ballast is dense material used as a weight to provide stability to a vehicle or structure.

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Bank engine

A bank engine (United Kingdom/Australia) (colloquially a banker), banking engine, helper engine or pusher engine (North America) is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a gradient (or bank).

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Bankruptcy of Penn Central

American railroad company Penn Central Transportation Company declared bankruptcy on June 21, 1970, two and a half years after its formation by the merger of the New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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Bascule bridge

A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic.

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Bay Ridge Branch

The Bay Ridge Branch is a rail line owned by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and operated by the New York and Atlantic Railway in New York City.

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Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Bayonne Bridge

The Bayonne Bridge is an arch bridge that spans the Kill Van Kull between Staten Island, New York and Bayonne, New Jersey. Hell Gate Bridge and Bayonne Bridge are historic American Engineering Record in New York City, steel bridges in the United States and through arch bridges in the United States.

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Boring (earth)

Boring is drilling a hole, tunnel, or well in the Earth.

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Bronx Kill

The Bronx Kill is a narrow strait in New York City delineating the southernmost extent of the Bronx. Hell Gate Bridge and Bronx Kill are Randalls and Wards Islands.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Hell Gate Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge are bridges in Manhattan, historic American Engineering Record in New York City, railroad bridges in New York City and steel bridges in the United States.

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Brooklyn Times-Union

The Brooklyn Times-Union was an American newspaper published from 1848 to 1937.

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Caisson (engineering)

In geotechnical engineering, a caisson (borrowed,, an augmentative of) is a watertight retaining structure used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge pier, for the construction of a concrete dam, or for the repair of ships.

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Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway (Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881.

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Cantilever

A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end.

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Cantilever bridge

A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end (called cantilevers).

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Car float

A railroad car float or rail barge is a specialised form of lighter with railway tracks mounted on its deck used to move rolling stock across water obstacles, or to locations they could not otherwise go.

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Carbon steel

Carbon steel is a steel with carbon content from about 0.05 up to 2.1 percent by weight.

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Carnegie Steel Company

Carnegie Steel Company was a steel-producing company primarily created by Andrew Carnegie and several close associates to manage businesses at steel mills in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area in the late 19th century.

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Cedar Hill Yard

Cedar Hill Yard is a classification yard located in New Haven, North Haven and Hamden, Connecticut, United States.

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Chart datum

A chart datum is the water level surface serving as origin of depths displayed on a nautical chart and for reporting and predicting tide heights.

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Chris Burden

Christopher Lee Burden (April 11, 1946 – May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance art, sculpture and installation art.

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Clearance (civil engineering)

In civil engineering, clearance refers to the difference between the loading gauge and the structure gauge in the case of railroad cars or trams, or the difference between the size of any vehicle and the width/height of doors, the width/height of an overpass or the diameter of a tunnel as well as the air draft under a bridge, the width of a lock or diameter of a tunnel in the case of watercraft.

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Cofferdam

A cofferdam is an enclosure built within a body of water to allow the enclosed area to be pumped out or drained.

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Collateral (finance)

In lending agreements, collateral is a borrower's pledge of specific property to a lender, to secure repayment of a loan.

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Colonial (PRR train)

The Colonial, also known as the Colonial Express, was a service of the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad between Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C. and South Station in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Conrail

Conrail, formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States of America in central North America.

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Crane (rail)

A railway crane (North America: railroad crane, crane car or wrecker; UK: breakdown crane) is a type of crane used on a railway for one of three primary purposes: freight handling in goods yards, permanent way (PW) maintenance, and accident recovery work.

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Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel

The Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel (also known as the Cross Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel) is a proposed freight rail transport tunnel under Upper New York Bay in the Port of New York and New Jersey between northeastern New Jersey and Long Island, including southern and eastern New York City.

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CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation, known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Cut and fill

In earthmoving, cut and fill is the process of constructing a railway, road or canal whereby the amount of material from cuts roughly matches the amount of fill needed to make nearby embankments to minimize the amount of construction labor.

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician and diplomat.

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David B. Steinman

David Barnard Steinman (June 11, 1886 – August 21, 1960) was an American civil engineer.

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Derrick

A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys.

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Discover (magazine)

Discover is an American general audience science magazine launched in October 1980 by Time Inc.

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Double-stack rail transport

Double-stack rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport in which railroad cars carry two layers of intermodal containers.

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East River

The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary or strait in New York City.

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East River Tunnels

The East River Tunnels are four single-track railroad passenger service tunnels that extend from the eastern end of Pennsylvania Station under 32nd and 33rd Streets in Manhattan and cross the East River to Long Island City in Queens.

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East Side Access

East Side Access (ESA) is a public works project in New York City that extended the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) two miles from its Main Line in Queens to the new Grand Central Madison station under Grand Central Terminal on Manhattan's East Side.

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Electrification of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad pioneered electrification of main line railroads using high-voltage, alternating current, single-phase overhead catenary.

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Embankment (earthworks)

An embankment is a raised wall, bank or mound made of earth or stones, that are used to hold back water or carry a roadway.

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Engineering News-Record

The Engineering News-Record (widely known as ENR) is an American weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry worldwide.

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Epoxy

Epoxy is the family of basic components or cured end products of epoxy resins.

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Eyebar

In structural engineering and construction, an eyebar is a straight bar, usually of metal, with a hole ("eye") at each end for fixing to other components.

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Falsework

Falsework consists of temporary structures used in construction to support a permanent structure until its construction is sufficiently advanced to support itself.

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Federal Express (train)

The Federal Express (after April 1939, officially known as just the Federal) was an overnight named passenger train run by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad between Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., and South Station in Boston, from 1912 to 1971. At different times, its route has taken it across the Hudson River via a car float between Port Morris and Jersey City (the ferry Maryland), the Poughkeepsie Bridge, and finally the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Frank W. Higgins

Frank Wayland Higgins (August 18, 1856February 12, 1907) was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of New York.

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Fresh Pond station

Fresh Pond (formerly known as Bushwick Junction) was a Long Island Rail Road station along the Lower Montauk Branch, located on an open cut near Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Fresh Pond, Queens, on the border between the neighborhoods of Maspeth and Ridgewood.

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George A. Fuller

George A. Fuller (October 21, 1851 – December 14, 1900) was an American architect often credited as being the "inventor" of modern skyscrapers and the modern contracting system.

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Geotechnical investigation

Geotechnical investigations are performed by geotechnical engineers or engineering geologists to obtain information on the physical properties of soil earthworks and foundations for proposed structures and for repair of distress to earthworks and structures caused by subsurface conditions; this type of investigation is called a site investigation.

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Girder

A girder is a beam used in construction.

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Government of New York City

The government of New York City, headquartered at New York City Hall in Lower Manhattan, is organized under the New York City Charter and provides for a mayor-council system.

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Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal (GCT; also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Greater Astoria Historical Society

The Greater Astoria Historical Society (GAHS) is a non-profit cultural and historical organization located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, United States, dedicated to preserving the past and promoting the future of the neighborhoods that are part of historic Long Island City, including the Village of Astoria, Blissville, Bowery Bay, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point, Ravenswood, Steinway Village, and Sunnyside.

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Greenville, Jersey City

Greenville is the southernmost section of Jersey City in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Gustav Lindenthal

Gustav Lindenthal (May 21, 1850 – July 31, 1935) was a civil engineer who designed the Queensboro and Hell Gate bridges in New York City, among other bridges.

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Harold Interlocking

Harold Interlocking is a large railroad junction located in New York City.

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Hell Gate

Hell Gate is a narrow tidal strait in the East River in New York City. Hell Gate Bridge and Hell Gate are Randalls and Wards Islands.

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Hell Gate Line

The Hell Gate Line is the portion of Amtrak's high-speed Northeast Corridor between Harold Interlocking in Sunnyside, Queens, and Shell Interlocking in New Rochelle, New York, within the New York metropolitan area.

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Henry Hornbostel

Henry Hornbostel (August 15, 1867 – December 13, 1961) was an American architect and educator.

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Hinge

A hinge is a mechanical bearing that connects two solid objects, typically allowing only a limited angle of rotation between them.

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Hinged arch bridge

A hinged arch bridge is one with hinges incorporated into its structure to allow movement.

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Hudson Line (Metro-North)

The Hudson Line is a commuter rail line owned and operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. state of New York.

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Hudson River

The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.

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Hugh Ferriss

Hugh Macomber Ferriss (July 12, 1889 – January 28, 1962) was an American architect, illustrator, and poet.

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I-beam

An I-beam is any of various structural members with an or -shaped cross-section.

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Injunction

An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a special court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts.

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Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.

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Iron–nickel alloy

An iron–nickel alloy or nickel–iron alloy, abbreviated FeNi or NiFe, is a group of alloys consisting primarily of the elements nickel (Ni) and iron (Fe).

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James J. Lyons

James J. Lyons (February 12, 1890 – January 7, 1966) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as Borough President of the Bronx from 1934–1962.

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Jimmy Walker

James John Walker (June 19, 1881November 18, 1946), known colloquially as Beau James, was mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932.

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John Bradfield (engineer)

John Job Crew Bradfield (26 December 1867 – 23 September 1943) was an Australian engineer best known as the chief proponent of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, of which he oversaw both the design and construction.

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John H. Ketcham

John Henry Ketcham (December 21, 1832 – November 4, 1906) was a United States representative from New York for over 33 years.

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Kaufman Act

The Kaufman Electrification Act of 1923, or Kaufman Act for short, was a law passed by the New York State Legislature, mandated electrification of all railroads in New York City by January 1, 1926.

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Keep

A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.

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Liquidation

Liquidations is the process in accounting by which a company is brought to an end.

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List of bridges and tunnels in New York City

New York City is home to many bridges and tunnels.

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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New York

This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the US state of New York.

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List of longest arch bridge spans

This list of the longest arch bridge spans ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of their main span.

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List of New York City Subway yards

The New York City Transit Authority operates 24 rail yards for the New York City Subway system and one for the Staten Island Railway.

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List of tallest buildings in New York City

New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to more than 7,000 completed high-rise buildings of at least, of which at least 102 are taller than.

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Long Island

Long Island is a populous island east of Manhattan in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area.

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Long Island City

Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the western tip of Queens, a borough in New York City in the United States.

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Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road, often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island.

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Loophole (firearm)

A loophole is a protected small opening, which allows a firearm to be aimed and discharged, while providing cover and concealment for the rifleman.

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Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)

The Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Manhattan Bridge

The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan at Canal Street with Downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension. Hell Gate Bridge and Manhattan Bridge are bridges in Manhattan, historic American Engineering Record in New York City, railroad bridges in New York City and steel bridges in the United States.

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Manhattan Psychiatric Center

The Manhattan Psychiatric Center is a New York-state run psychiatric hospital on Wards Island in New York City. Hell Gate Bridge and Manhattan Psychiatric Center are Randalls and Wards Islands.

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Mario Biaggi

Mario Biaggi (October 26, 1917 – June 24, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, and police officer.

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Matching funds

Matching funds are funds that are set to be paid in proportion to funds available from other sources.

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McKees Rocks Bridge

The McKees Rocks Bridge is a steel trussed through arch bridge which carries the Blue Belt, Pittsburgh's innermost beltline, across the Ohio River at Brighton Heights and McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, connecting Pennsylvania Route 65 with Pennsylvania Route 51, west of the city. Hell Gate Bridge and McKees Rocks Bridge are steel bridges in the United States and through arch bridges in the United States.

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Meadowlands station

Meadowlands station (also known as Meadowlands Sports Complex station) is a New Jersey Transit train station that is the western terminus for the Meadowlands Rail Line located at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Metro-North Railroad

Metro-North Railroad, trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York.

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.

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Michael Sergio

Michael Sergio is an actor who parachuted into Shea Stadium during Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, wearing a sign proclaiming "Go Mets".

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Mohawk people

The Kanien'kehá:ka ("People of the flint"; commonly known in English as Mohawk people) are in the easternmost section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy.

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Municipal Art Society

The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) is a non-profit membership organization for preservation in New York City, which aims to encourage thoughtful planning and urban design and inclusive neighborhoods across the city.

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National Railway Historical Society

The National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) is a non-profit organization established in 1935 in the United States to promote interest in, and appreciation for the historical development of railroads.

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New England

New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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New Haven Line

The New Haven Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. states of New York and Connecticut.

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New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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New Rochelle, New York

New Rochelle (older La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York and Atlantic Railway

The New York and Atlantic Railway (NY&A) is a short line railroad on Long Island, within the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York.

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New York Bay

New York Bay is the large tidal body of water in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary where the Hudson River, Raritan River, and Arthur Kill empty into the Atlantic Ocean between Sandy Hook and Rockaway Point.

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New York Botanical Garden

The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City.

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New York Central Railroad

The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Board of Aldermen

The New York City Board of Aldermen was a body that was the upper house of New York City's Common Council from 1824 to 1875, the lower house of its Municipal Assembly upon consolidation in 1898 until the charter was amended in 1901 to abolish the Municipal Assembly and its upper house, and its unicameral legislature from 1875 to 1897 and 1902 to 1937.

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New York City Board of Estimate

The New York City Board of Estimate was a governmental body in New York City responsible for numerous areas of municipal policy and decisions, including the city budget, land-use, contracts, franchises, and water rates.

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New York City Office of Technology and Innovation

The New York City Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), formerly known as the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), is the department of the government of New York City that oversees the City's "use of existing and emerging technologies in government operations, and its delivery of services to the public".

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

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New York City Transit Authority

The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, or simply Transit, and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City.

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New York Connecting Railroad

The New York Connecting Railroad or NYCR is a rail line in the borough of Queens in New York City.

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New York New Jersey Rail

New York New Jersey Rail, LLC is a switching and terminal railroad that operates the only car float operation across Upper New York Bay between Jersey City, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York.

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New York Penn Station

Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere, serving more than 600,000 passengers per weekday.

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New York State Department of Transportation

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is the department of the New York state government responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in the U.S. state of New York.

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New York State Hospital Commission

The New York State Hospital Commission is a subdivision of the New York State Department of Health.

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New York State Legislature

The New York State Legislature consists of the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York: the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly.

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New York Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the judiciary of New York.

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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated principally in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968.

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New-York Tribune

The New-York Tribune (from 1914: New York Tribune) was an American newspaper founded in 1841 by editor Horace Greeley.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.

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North River Tunnels

The North River Tunnels are a pair of rail tunnels that carry Amtrak and New Jersey Transit passenger lines under the Hudson River between Weehawken, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

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Northeast Corridor

The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States.

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Northeast Regional

The Northeast Regional is an intercity rail service operated by Amtrak in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States.

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Oak Point Link

The Oak Point Link, also known as the South Bronx–Oak Point Link, is a long railroad line in the Bronx, New York City, United States, along the east bank of the Harlem River.

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Oak Point Yard

The Oak Point Yard is a freight railroad yard located in Hunts Point, The Bronx, New York City.

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Operation Pastorius

Operation Pastorius was a failed German intelligence plan for sabotage inside the United States during World War II.

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Orange Is the New Black

Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix.

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Othmar Ammann

Othmar Hermann Ammann (March 26, 1879 – September 22, 1965) was a Swiss-American civil engineer whose bridge designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams.

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.

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Parapet

A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.

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Passenger train

A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line.

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Passenger Train Journal

Passenger Train Journal (PTJ) is an American magazine about passenger rail transport and rail transit past and present, oriented for railfans and rail passenger advocates and published currently by White River Productions.

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Penn Central Transportation Company

The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976.

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Penn Station Access

Penn Station Access (PSA) is a public works project underway by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963)

Pennsylvania Station (often abbreviated to Penn Station) was a historic railroad station in New York City that was built for, named after, and originally occupied by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR).

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Peter Vallone Jr.

Peter Fortunate Vallone Jr. (born March 23, 1961) is an American judge and lawyer.

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Peter Vallone Sr.

Peter Fortunate Vallone Sr. (born December 13, 1934) is an American politician.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Plate girder bridge

A plate girder bridge is a bridge supported by two or more plate girders.

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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, (PANYNJ; stylized, in logo since 2020, as Port Authority NY NJ) is a joint venture between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, established in 1921 through an interstate compact authorized by the United States Congress.

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Port Morris, Bronx

Port Morris is a mixed use, primarily industrial neighborhood geographically located in the southwest Bronx, New York City.

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Port of New York and New Jersey

The Port of New York and New Jersey is the port district of the New York-Newark metropolitan area, encompassing the region within approximately a radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.

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Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway

Since the opening of the original New York City Subway line in 1904, and throughout the subway's history, various official and planning agencies have proposed numerous extensions to the subway system.

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Providence and Worcester Railroad

The Providence and Worcester Railroad (P&W) is a Class II railroad operating of tracks in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, as well as New York via trackage rights.

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Quebec Bridge

The Quebec Bridge (pont de Québec) is a road, rail, and pedestrian bridge across the lower Saint Lawrence River between Sainte-Foy (a former suburb that in 2002 became the arrondissement Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge in Quebec City) and Lévis, in Quebec, Canada.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Queens Logic

Queens Logic is a 1991 American ensemble coming-of-age comedy-drama film from Seven Arts Pictures starring Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino, Joe Mantegna, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Malkovich, Ken Olin, Chloe Webb and Tom Waits.

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Queensboro Bridge

The Queensboro Bridge, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. Hell Gate Bridge and Queensboro Bridge are bridges in Manhattan, historic American Engineering Record in New York City, railroad bridges in New York City and steel bridges in the United States.

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Rail freight transport

Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.

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Rail freight transportation in New York City and Long Island

From the start of railroading in America through the first half of the 20th century, New York City and Long Island were major areas for rail freight transportation.

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Railway electrification

Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport.

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Railway Gazette International

Railway Gazette International is a British monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.

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Randalls and Wards Islands

Randalls Island (sometimes called Randall's Island) and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Island, in New York City.

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Rapid transit

Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) was an independent agency of the United States federal government that served as a lender of last resort to US banks and businesses.

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Residual value

Residual value is one of the constituents of a leasing calculus or operation.

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Right of way

A right of way (also right-of-way) is a transportation corridor along which people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so.

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Rikers Island Bridge

Rikers Island Bridge (officially named Francis R. Buono Memorial Bridge) is a girder bridge that connects Rikers Island in the borough of the Bronx with the borough of Queens in New York City. Hell Gate Bridge and Rikers Island Bridge are bridges in the Bronx.

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Robert F. Kennedy Bridge

The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (RFK Bridge; also known by its previous name, the Triborough Bridge) is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts in New York City. Hell Gate Bridge and Robert F. Kennedy Bridge are bridges in Manhattan, bridges in the Bronx, historic American Engineering Record in New York City, Randalls and Wards Islands and steel bridges in the United States.

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In metalworking, rolling is a metal forming process in which metal stock is passed through one or more pairs of rolls to reduce the thickness, to make the thickness uniform, and/or to impart a desired mechanical property.

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Samuel Rea

Samuel Rea (September 21, 1855 – March 24, 1929) was an American engineer and the ninth president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, serving from 1913 to 1925.

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Selkirk hurdle

The Selkirk Hurdle is the term used by urban planners, railroad employees, politicians, and others to describe the route that must be taken by freight trains traveling between New York City and other points in downstate New York that are east of the Hudson River, and locations in the United States to the south and west.

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Semicircular arch

In architecture, a semicircular arch is an arch with an intrados (inner surface) shaped like a semicircle.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.

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Serpico

Serpico is a 1973 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino in the title role.

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Settlement (structural)

Settlement is the downward movement or the sinking of a structure's foundation.

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Signalling control

On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable.

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South Bronx

The South Bronx is an area of the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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South Brooklyn Railway

The South Brooklyn Railway is a railroad in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Span (engineering)

In engineering, span is the distance between two adjacent structural supports (e.g., two piers) of a structural member (e.g., a beam).

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Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad

Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad was a railroad built in what is today the West Bronx and South Bronx in New York City, United States.

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Strait

A strait is a landform connecting two seas or two water basins.

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Sunnyside Yard

Sunnyside Yard is a large coach yard, a railroad yard for passenger cars in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens in New York City.

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Superstructure

A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline.

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Suspension bridge

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, spanning Sydney Harbour from the central business district (CBD) to the North Shore.

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The American Architect

The American Architect was a weekly periodical on architecture published between 1876 and 1938.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Literary Digest

The Literary Digest was an American general interest weekly magazine published by Funk & Wagnalls.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T.R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist, historian, naturalist, explorer and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Third rail

A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

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Through arch bridge

A through arch bridge, also known as a through-type arch bridge, is a bridge that is made from materials such as steel or reinforced concrete, in which the base of an arch structure is below the deck but the top rises above it.

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Tied-arch bridge

A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward-directed horizontal forces of the arch(es) are borne as tension by a chord tying the arch ends rather than by the ground or the bridge foundations.

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Title (property)

In property law, title is an intangible construct representing a bundle of rights in (to) a piece of property in which a party may own either a legal interest or equitable interest.

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Track bed

The track bed or trackbed is the groundwork onto which a railway track is laid.

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Track gauge

In rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track.

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Track gauge in the United States

Originally, various track gauges were used in the United States.

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Trains (magazine)

Trains is a monthly magazine about trains and railroads aimed at railroad enthusiasts and railroad industry employees.

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Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century

The United States federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) is a federal transportation bill enacted June 9, 1998, as and.

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Truss bridge

A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units.

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Trustee

Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any individual who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another.

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Tyne Bridge

The Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead.

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U.S. Steel

United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America and in Central Europe.

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Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Department of War

The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force on September 18, 1947.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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Upstate New York

Upstate New York is a geographic region of New York that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area of downstate New York.

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Warren truss

In structural engineering, a Warren truss or equilateral truss is a type of truss employing a weight-saving design based upon equilateral triangles.

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Waterway

A waterway is any navigable body of water.

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West Side Line

The West Side Line, also called the West Side Freight Line, is a railroad line on the west side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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White River Productions

White River Productions is an independent publishing company that specializes in books and magazines targeted to railroad enthusiasts and historians.

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Williamsburg Bridge

The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City, connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Hell Gate Bridge and Williamsburg Bridge are historic American Engineering Record in New York City and railroad bridges in New York City.

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1964 New York World's Fair

The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States.

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25 kV AC railway electrification

Railway electrification systems using alternating current (AC) at are used worldwide, especially for high-speed rail.

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References

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