The 1906 Long Island Powerhouse taken from 51st Avenue at 5th Street in 1940.
From the New York Times in 1988:
To supply electricity for tunnel service, the railroad built a power plant in Long Island City between Second and Fifth Streets, from 50th to 51st Avenues. Completed in 1906, the Long Island City Power Plant consisted of two sections, one with coal-fired boilers producing steam, and the other with turbines to convert the steam to electricity. The power plant was built on a bed of over 9,000 piles, covered by a layer of concrete six feet thick.
