Queens Borough; being a descriptive and illustrated book of the borough of Queens, city of Greater New York, setting forth its many advantages and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and succeed ..Issued by the Manufacturing and industrial committee of the Chamber of commerce of the borough of Queens; . Interior View of Pennsylvania Station. Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens. 39 Louis and more spacious than the new station at Washington, coveringeight acres of ground, and took six years to build. The following statistics give some idea of its immensity: Length of bui
Queens Borough; being a descriptive and illustrated book of the borough of Queens, city of Greater New York, setting forth its many advantages and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and succeed ..Issued by the Manufacturing and industrial committee of the Chamber of commerce of the borough of Queens; . Interior View of Pennsylvania Station. Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens. 39 Louis and more spacious than the new station at Washington, coveringeight acres of ground, and took six years to build. The following statistics give some idea of its immensity: Length of building 788 feet, width 430 feet. Waiting room 277 feet long, 108 feet wide, 150 feet high. Area station and yard is 28 acres, and in this there are 16 miles oftrack. There are 11 passenger platforms, with total length of 21,500 feet. Total excavation required 3,000,000 cubic yards. Maximum capacity of all tunnels and trains per hour, 144. Storage capacity of station yard tracks, 386 cars. Number of trains daily service leaving Pennsylvania Station, 174. Number of trains daily service arriving Pennsylvania Station, Birds Eye View of Pennsylvania Station. 4Q Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens. Connecting Railroad
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