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Located at South Broad Street Subway Extension - Philadelphia PA (4 Projects)

Ellsworth–Federal (Subway) Station – Philadelphia PA

Project type: Mass Transportation, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
Completed:
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Description

This is one of three subway stations along the Broad Street subway line, south of City Hall, whose construction was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. As a result of this project the subway was extended from Lombard South Station to Snyder Ave. Service here was inaugurated on Sept. 18, 1938.

Source notes

"The Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth," by Sam Bass Warner (pg. 193)


https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/SEPTA_Broad_Street_Subway

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 25, 2017.

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Location Info

South Broad St. and Federal St.
Philadelphia, PA

Coordinates: 39.935692, -75.167222

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