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  2. Independent Subway System - Wikipedia

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    Independent Subway mosaics sign at 14th Street station on the Sixth Avenue Line, before V train service at this station was replaced by M train service. Until 1940, it was known as the Independent City-Owned Subway System (ICOS), Independent Subway System (ISS), or Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad.

  3. History of transportation in New York City - Wikipedia

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    This led to the building of the Independent City-Owned Subway (ICOS), sometimes called the Independent Subway System (ISS), the Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad, or simply The Eighth Avenue Subway after the location of its premier Manhattan mainline.

  4. Interborough Rapid Transit Company - Wikipedia

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    The IRT Powerhouse An old IRT sign remains at Wall Street station.. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the private operator of New York City's original underground subway line that opened in 1904, as well as earlier elevated railways and additional rapid transit lines in New York City. [2]

  5. 25 things you won't believe are turning 25 in 2025 - AOL

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    The International Space Station's first live-in crew arrived in 2000. ... It's also the 25th anniversary of the 2000 World Series — dubbed the "Subway Series" — as the Yankees took on the Mets.

  6. History of the New York City Subway - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), which is controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York.

  7. ISS (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    ISS is an abbreviation for the International Space Station. ISS may also refer to: ... Independent Subway System, a former rapid transit rail system in New York City, US;

  8. Miss Subways - Wikipedia

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    The New York Subway Advertising Company was owned by Walter O'Malley, who moved the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1958. [8] Bernard Spaulding, the sales director for the New York Subways Advertising Company, said in 1971 that Miss Subways "was a World War II pinup phenomenon and then lost social significance."

  9. 'Oh my God, no!' Space shuttle Challenger exploded 39 years ago

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    A second space shuttle disaster. Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the skies above America: The shuttle Columbia broke apart upon reentry on ...