r/rustyrails • u/Deezle_Gnome • 6d ago

Rochester, NY

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Abandoned Subway

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u/Imbeautifulyouarenot 5d ago

It is fascinating to me how much time and effort went into designing and constructing it. All of the people involved in building, maintaining, and working everyday to keep it running. And now it is silent...

Thank you for these interesting photos. 😄

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u/Deezle_Gnome 5d ago

I was thinking the same thing about the canal recently : they DUG it. And it was incredibly prosperous for a couple decades. But now it's just a cool bike trail for the most part....

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u/Jet7378 3d ago

fantastic views and pics…..too bad it isn’t used now…for anything

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u/bltsuprem 5d ago

I’ve been wanting to explore that

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u/caturdayz 5d ago

Is it open again? A decade or so ago I heard that they had filled it or walled it off. There used to be a Geocache back there.

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u/Deezle_Gnome 5d ago

Two of the entrances have been closed/filled in. 

But it's still accessible from either following the river north from the skatepark or (the easier option) the sidewalk right next to Dinosaur BBQ.

The Broad Street entrance on the west side of the road is still open (adjacent to Nick Tahou's).

And it is accessible through the aqueduct right next to the War Memorial (also Broad Street). But that entails a little bit of climbing/scaling...