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Title: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910
The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157

Author: George C. Clarke

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Language: English

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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
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Paper No. 1157

THE NEW YORK TUNNEL EXTENSION OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
THE SITE OF THE TERMINAL STATION.[1]

By GEORGE C. CLARKE, M. Am. Soc. C. E.

The purpose of this paper is to describe the preliminary work for and
the preparation of that portion of the site for the Terminal Station
in Manhattan, of the New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, which was constructed under the direction of the Chief
Engineer of the East River Division, including the disposal of material
excavated from all parts of the Terminal construction and the tunnels on
the East River Division.

As outlined in the paper by Brigadier-General Charles W. Raymond, M. Am.
Soc. C. E., Chairman of the Board of Engineers, the track yard of the
station, Plate LIII, extends from the east line of Tenth Avenue eastward
to points in 32d and 33d Streets, respectively, 292 and 502 ft. east of
the west line of Seventh Avenue. The width of the available area at
track level at Tenth Avenue is 213 ft., continuing at this width to
within 182 ft. of the west line of Ninth Avenue, where, by an offset
toward the south, it is increased to 355 ft. This width is held to a
point 5 ft. east of the east line of Ninth Avenue, where, by an offset
toward the north, it is increased to 509 ft., which width continues to
the west line of Seventh Avenue, where it divides into two fan-shaped
areas. The north area has a width of about 170 ft. and the south on