Old New York yesterday & today . 1—miii >< tfsae n--- .i__ - ^ VIEW or THC GREAT C0^ 4rLAGRATI0N or ? ES 16-. «o 17- I8i5 . rROM COENTIES SLIP. •tmim • m ®I]E dreat Tjjire of I S3 5 While a great calamity at the time, it removed many unsightly buildings and paved the way for the introduction of Croton Water in1842. The new buildings were of a much superior style of jV<tc )ori Historical Socu- Fi ^ Ir 1 i fl^B nt p H| Eii 1 1 H^H lgll i/H H|^H[..jii) tfl jr^Tj ^K^^^^^^H ^^ ^-^ in ^roabfaag, 1S90 A view of the corner of Broadway and John Street in the earlydays of the tel
Old New York yesterday & today . 1—miii >< tfsae n--- .i__ - ^ VIEW or THC GREAT C0^ 4rLAGRATI0N or ? ES 16-. «o 17- I8i5 . rROM COENTIES SLIP. •tmim • m ®I]E dreat Tjjire of I S3 5 While a great calamity at the time, it removed many unsightly buildings and paved the way for the introduction of Croton Water in1842. The new buildings were of a much superior style of jV<tc )ori Historical Socu- Fi ^ Ir 1 i fl^B nt p H| Eii 1 1 H^H lgll i/H H|^H[..jii) tfl jr^Tj ^K^^^^^^H ^^ ^-^ in ^roabfaag, 1S90 A view of the corner of Broadway and John Street in the earlydays of the telephone, when the wires were added to the alreadyoverburdened poles. The picture at the left, taken from thesame corner, shows the vast improvement when all wires wereput underground. Copyright, IQIJ, H. C. Brown
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