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   danny burstein to Peter T. Daniels   
   if only NYC Subway had held onto those m   
   16 Nov 23 15:42:25   
   
   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In  "Peter T. Daniels"   
    writes:   
      
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   >Y'all might recall that the subway stopped generating its own power=20   
   >and got hooked up to the grid shortly before the Great Blackout, which=20   
   >occurred 58 years and 5 days ago at 5:28 pm. I was on the 110tj St. /=20   
   >Broadway northbound platform, so I didn't get to be evacuated along=20   
   >the tracks.   
      
   AHhhhhhhh!!!   
      
   Trust me on this picture.  Alas, I've lost the negatives   
   so this is a scan from a contact sheet.   
      
   ok, so it's from 1977 and not 1965.   
      
   http://www.dburstein.com/images/subway-blackout.png   
      
   Eyup.  The _train_ had power.  The station, not so much...   
      
      
      
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