Eleazer Hamblin

Historical marker location:

Mahopac, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 6 and Crane Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 6.)

Marker installed: 2001

The New York City subway system, which opened in 1904, was the first rapid transit system in the world. The original line ran from City Hall to 145th Street in Harlem.