IRT East Side Line at Spring Street. Terra-cotta plaque, Heins & LaFarge/Atlantic Terra Cotta Company, 1904. Original design element, Contract 1 IRT. Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld, March 2005.

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Overview

Opened: 10/27/1904

Local station with two side platforms alongside four tracks, and one center disused trackway. Fare control is at platform level, and the station was not designed with a pedestrian underpass between the platforms. The station retains the typical large and small IRT mosaics in the original portion. The portion of the station added during the various platform lengthening projects has simple white tile.

The fifth center track, installed as part of the original construction and depicted in early publicity photos, is reported to have been disconnected by 1906. Its intended function is unclear. The locations of switches to and from this center track to the express tracks can be seen at one point along the center track walls. A mechanical room is now located in the trackway at the south end between the two express tracks.

Artwork

• Plaques: Small "S" cartouches. Atlantic Terra Cotta, 1904.
• Name tablets: Two styles of mosaic tablet. Large original ones, Heins & LaFarge, 1904. Small ones not original. See photos below.
• Other: Small "S" mosaics in tile band along tops of walls.

Photo Gallery

Image 97 (105k, 744x497) Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne Location: Spring Street	Image 98 (80k, 482x744) Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne Location: Spring Street	Image 99 (95k, 749x498) Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne Location: Spring Street	Image 17489 (38k, 518x316) Photo by: Detroit Publishing Co. Collection of: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Location: Spring Street	Image 30536 (77k, 1024x768) Photo by: Josh Lubchansky Location: Spring Street
Image 32438 (201k, 1024x596) Collection of: David Pirmann Location: Spring Street	Image 39767 (113k, 822x519) Collection of: Ed Levine Location: Spring Street	Image 54283 (141k, 615x821) Photo by: Steffen Petrasch Location: Spring Street	Image 63576 (190k, 1044x788) Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar Location: Spring Street	Image 63603 (168k, 1044x788) Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar Location: Spring Street
Image 63604 (181k, 1044x788) Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar Location: Spring Street	Image 66991 (171k, 1044x701) Photo by: David Pirmann Location: Spring Street	Image 85377 (179k, 1044x705) Photo by: Filip Matuska Location: Spring Street	Image 85378 (226k, 1044x705) Photo by: Filip Matuska Location: Spring Street	Image 101071 (149k, 1044x737) Photo by: Richard Panse Location: Spring Street

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