They made their left at Albany. They got in the Erie Canal, and the canal took them to Buffalo. The Buffalo took them to the Great Lakes. That made New York State. 1904. We built the subway system. From City hall to Harlem. No heavy equipment, no modern hydraulics. What they called cut and cover. You dug a hole, you built the subway. It was always hard, but government capacity, competence, drive, risk, take the risk. But it accomplished. (10:54–11:09)
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Asserts that the subway system from City Hall to Harlem was built in 1904 without modern equipment.
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