1st New York City subway OPENS...

Item # 716824

February 27, 1870

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 27, 1870

* The very 1st (?) NYC subway's opening announced (1st report)

Page 5 has one column headings: "The Broadway Tunnel" and "Opening the Bore to Public Inspection -- Success of the Undertaking--Great Crowd of Visitors". See photos for 1st report coverage on the opening of the Beach Pneumatic Transit subway. This was New York City's very 1st underground transit and was invented by Alfred Ely Beach. It's power source was pneumatic. Historic! Great to have in this famous NYC title.
Complete in 8 pages, nice condition.
Note: The was not considered an official subway system. The first in the U.S. to receive this distinction was Boston's Tremont Street Subway which opened in 1897.