First underground line of the New York City Subway opens 110 years ago this hour (Oct 27 1904)

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(Thursday, October 27, 1904, 2:35 p.m. EST) — New York City Mayor George McClellan took the controls today on the inaugural run of the city’s rapid transit subway system, which at this point ran from City Hall to 145th Street on the West Side Branch.