World War II

Historical marker location:

Schenectady, New York

( Marker is on Harborside Drive, 0.1 miles north of Mohawk Harbor Way, on the right when traveling north.)

ALCO Goes To War.

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.