Description of Metropolitan Underground Railway plans, under the East River, between New York and Brooklyn
Contributors: Jacobs, Charles M. (Charles Mattathias), 1850-1919, signer
Publisher: [Metropolitan Underground Railway Company]
Published: 1891
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Railways (Underground); Subways; Designs and plans; Subway stations; Buildings, structures; Metropolitan Underground Railway Company (New York, N.Y.)
Other titles: Metropolitan underground railway.
Notes: Title from caption of descriptive text (leaf [2]).

Date of publication based on data from MTA.

Avery Classics copy: On each plate: Charles M. Jacobs C.E. London.

Avery Classics copy: Bound in red cloth with cover title in gilt: Metropolitan Underground Railway.

Avery Classics copy: Accompanied by a photocopy with title: Rapid transit for New York. -- 2nd ed.; caption title: Underground rapid transit. (15 leaves, [15] leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 28 cm.). Several of the illustrations are reduced copies of plates from "Description of Metropolitan Underground Railway plans, under the East River, between New York and Brooklyn."
Table of contents: title: sheet 1. Map of New York and Brooklyn and part of Jersey City; title: sheet 2. Enlarged map of the lower end of New York and adjoining portion of Brooklyn on the east side, and Jersey City on the west, and showing the location of the tunnel and stations; title: sheet 3. General plan and longitudinal section of the tunnel and stations, scale 200 feet to 1 inch; title: sheet 4. Plan and section of underground station, scale 32 feet to 1 inch. Cross section of tunnel and stations, and plan of elevator shaft, scale 16 feet to 1 inch; title: sheet 5. Ground and first floor plans of the New York Station, scale 16 feet to 1 inch; title: sheet 6.; title: Elevation of New York Station to Whitehall Street, scale 8 feet to 1 inch; title: sheet 7. Elevation of New York Station to South Street, scale 8 feet to 1 inch; title: sheet 8. Cross section of New York Station to Whitehall Street, scale 8 feet to 1 inch; title: sheet 9. Ground and first floor plans and section of the Brooklyn Station, scale 16 feet to 1 inch; title: sheet 10. Elevation of the Brooklyn Station to Atlantic Avenue; title: sheet 11. Elevation of the Brooklyn Station to Furman Street.