Previously, we've written about the Detroit-Superior Under Subway which whisked passengers from downtown to Cleveland's West Side for many years before finally coming to a halt in 1954. This week, we've scooped up few choice photos from the Cleveland Memory Project archives depicting the subways and subway stops when they were actually active.
10 Photos of the Detroit-Superior Underground Subway When It Was In Use
By Scene Staff on Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:30 pm
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Cleveland Transit car 4127 travels westbound on the lower level Detroit-Superior High Level Bridge.
A streetcar heads down the tracks at the Detroit-W 25th subway station in 1939.
A man stands in the subway entrance.
Doors to the street, 1943.
Subway signs pointing to W. 9th and W. 11th.
A woman ascends the stairway from the subway carrying a shopping bag.
A subway entrance which sat at the southeast corner of West 25th and Detroit in 1946.
Passengers disembarking the train from the Detroit-Superior Bridge.
A view of the Detroit - Superior Bridge underpass "ghost lanes," 1939.
A view of the tunnels.
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