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R. T. Underhill - Doctor, Winemaker, and Investor in the First New York City Elevated Railway
Richard T. Underhill was an investor in the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway Company, which pioneered the city's first elevated railway system.
Charles T. Harvey, a self-taught engineer, built an experimental cable-powered elevated railway in 1867, starting from Battery Place and extending northward…