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Tremont Street subway | |
 A flying junction on the now-abandoned southern branch of the Tremont Street subway, south of Boylston station, approaching the Pleasant Street incline (1898 photo) | |
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| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′23″N 71°3′47″W / 42.35639°N 71.06306°W |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architect | Carson, Howard A. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000788[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL | January 29, 1964 |
The Tremont Street subway in Boston's MBTA subway system is the oldest subway tunnel in North America and the third-oldest still in use worldwide to exclusively use electric traction (after the City and South London Railway in 1890, and the Budapest Metro's Line 1 in 1896), opening on September 1, 1897.[2][3] It was originally built, under the supervision of Howard A. Carson as chief engineer, to get streetcar lines off the traffic-clogged streets, instead of as a true rapid transit line. It now forms the central part of the Green Line, connecting Boylston Street to Park Street and Government Center stations.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ The Boston Daily Globe, "First Car off the Earth: Allston Electric Goes into the subway on schedule time.", The Boston Daily Globe, September 1, 1897. Experiences of the first Subway Riders in Boston.
- ^ Most, Doug (26 January 2014). "The bigger dig". Boston Globe. Retrieved 22 January 2016.