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| The magnificent monstrosity of the Smith and 9th Street elevated subway station in Brooklyn, New York, is an example of Goliathian urban architecture that dwarfs the humans who scurry about within. The stark structure gives goosebumps to a maven of industrial engineering. |
| From the street-level turnstiles, one must climb two flights of stairs and then ride two escalators to the high station platforms, from which one can see a classic view of New York's skyscrapers in the distance beyond the tracks. |
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| The station is 87.5 feet above street level and 88 feet above the Gowanus Canal, which lies below the street.1 |
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| The edifice is actually a series of stacked bridges. The street, below the station, is a bridge over the Gowanus Canal. The concrete and steel track 'viaduct' and station bridge above the street. And the steel trestle supports at the station and further down the track toward Park Slope have the appearance of being yet more bridges atop the structure. |
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| The structure raises the tracks from the below ground Carroll Street station up towards the 4th Avenue station high on the hill of the Park Slope area.2 |
With thanks to the members of the Trolleys @ railspot for their knowledge: 1
information derived from comments by Lorenzen, Trolleys
list, quoting from Uptown/Downtown.
Page 212, and Stan Fischler's The
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