New York Transit Museum - #TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1957, the Queensborough Bridge Railway trolley discontinued service. While other trolley lines running across the bridge were decommissioned back in 1939, Queensborough Bridge Railway
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Roosevelt Islander Online: There Once Was A Stairway To Roosevelt Island From Queensboro Bridge, Take A Look - When It Was Welfare Island
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Queensboro Bridge Trolley Line, Last One Here, Appears Doomed; Last Stop Looms for City's Last Trolley Line - The New York Times
New York Transit Museum - #TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1957, the Queensborough Bridge Railway trolley discontinued service. While other trolley lines running across the bridge were decommissioned back in 1939, Queensborough Bridge Railway
Old Images of New York - The Queensboro Bridge Trolley which was the only direct access to Roosevelt Island (at the time Welfare Island) by elevator, as seen in Queens in 1956. | Facebook
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