Here’s a glimpse inside the cast-iron tube PATH trains travel through as they shuttle from New Jersey to Lower Manhattan.
Engineered by the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company, they opened to the public with huge fanfare in 1908.
Known as the Hudson Tubes, they were also called the McAdoo Tunnels, named after William Gibbs McAdoo, who financed construction and led the efforts to link the two states by rail.
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Ephemeral New York 
December 29, 2012 at 1:20 pm |
You can actually see that you’re in a tube, in some lit up passageways, the sight is a bit disconcerting because you’re used to being in a NYC subway tunnel and not in a NJ Path tube.
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