Cable Car Repair Wagon in Front of Powerhouse on East
25th Street, 1897
Between 1893 and 1895, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company constructed a
new Lexington Avenue cable car. This line ran from 22nd Street and Broadway,
down 23rd Street to Lexington Avenue, and up Lexington Avenue to 105th Street.
The railway company constructed the Lexington Building on 25th Street between
Third and Lexington Avenues to serve as a powerhouse. Large generators in the
basement of the building produced the steam that fueled the system. Today, the
Lexington Building serves as the Baruch College library.
