Around the Big Curves on the Manhattan Elevated R.R. Trailer (1899)

25 March 1899 Factual 1 mins

Taken from the front end of a locomotive following an express train at high speed around the high curves of the Ninth Avenue Elevated, from the 104th to 116th Street station. This section, with its reverse curve, is known as "The Big Loop", and is the highest (at over 100 feet) and most dangerous section on the New York Elevated. During the trip, Grant's Tomb, Columbia College buildings, the new Cathedral of St. John The Divine, and Morningside Park, as well as a portion of the north end of Central Park are visible.

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International Releases Dates

United States 25 March 1899

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

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