Ellsworth–Federal (Subway) Station – Philadelphia PA

City:
Philadelphia, PA

Site Type:
Mass Transportation, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Completed:
1938

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

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

Location Info


South Broad St. and Federal St.
Philadelphia, PA

Coordinates: 39.935692, -75.167222

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