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Aqueduct Avenue & West 181st Street, Bronx

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  • Bronx: Aqueduct Avenue - 181st Street (West), 1938

    Bronx: Aqueduct Avenue - 181st Street (West)

    1938

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Bronx: Aqueduct Avenue - 181st Street (West), 1938

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Bronx: Aqueduct Avenue - 181st Street (West)

1938

Aqueduct Ave. East (right), west side, north from West 181st Street to West 183rd Street, showing the rears of houses facing on the east side of University Ave. (extreme left). The west side of Aqueduct Ave. East (here shown) is the old Macombs Dam Road and adjoins to the west the old Croton Aqueduct. January 30, 1938. P. L. Sperr.

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