Third Avenue El page-number Those early Ferris Wheels

Those early Ferris Wheels

The headlines were positive

Washington holds a Carnegie Hall audience spellbound during his Tuskegee Institute silver anniversary lecture

near the fishing village of Kitty Hawk

Third Avenue El page-number Those early Ferris Wheels"With many a hoot of the whistle, a six car train of the Third Avenue elevated made a slow and sentimental progress early last evening," declared a New York Times article on May 13, 1955, as a 77 year era ended with the final run of the original "El" train. It is seen here pulling out of Chatham Square station in Chinatown, heading north. About 850 passengers were on the last train of the last New York elevated line. The train was due to leave at 6 p.