"Proposed arcade railway--Under Broadway, view near Wall Street", a circa 1868 lithograph for a proposal for a elevated railway which, although it passed the legislature several times, was vetoed by the governor, and eventually was replaced by the current New York subway system.. See http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/4484 for a history of this project.

Publication notes

Created by Ferd. Mayer & Sons, lithographers and Melville C. Smith, projector, both of New York

Restoration notes

A fairly lengthy but (overall) straightforward restoration. Some scratches and other damage, a rather awkward border, staining, and such. I think this should be right, but do note that I've seen examples of this that have a very reddish, sunset tone in the sky. I suppose that's possible, but the scan seemed to indicate these colours as much more likely. Of course, it may be there was more than one state of this printing.

Anyway, as I said, fairly straightforwards; removed dust, dirt, some minor printing errors, and tried to get the colours to what they would've been when new. Think I did fairly well.