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[[Image:MOMap-doton-Hannibal.png|right|Location of Hannibal, Missouri]]

The {{IRT}} '''Ninth Avenue Line''', often called the '''Ninth Avenue Elevated''', was the first [[elevated railway]] in [[New York City]], first opened in [[1868]] as the '''West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway''', a [[Cable car (railway)|cable-hauled]] line. The last section in use, over the [[Harlem River]], was known as the '''Polo Grounds Shuttle''', and was was closed in [[1958]].

'''Hannibal''' is a city located in [[Marion County, Missouri|Marion]] and [[Ralls County, Missouri]]. As of the [[2000]] census, the city had a total population of 17,757.

==History==

===The West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway===

The West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway was built by [[Charles T. Harvey]] and ran from [[July 1]], [[1868]] to [[1870]]. The line used multiple one-mile-long cable loops, driven by [[steam engine]]s in cellars of buildings adjacent to the track. Each loop was started when a car neared them and stopped when it had passed. The cables were equiped with collars that the car connected to with "claws". As the claws could not be "slipped" the car was jerked each time it moved to the next cable. The system proved cumbersome, broke down several times and eventually the company ran out of money and the system was abandoned. The new owners replaced the cable cars with [[steam locomotives]].

Mark twain can suck my balls

==Station listing==

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!Station

!Tracks

!Opening date

!Transfers & Notes

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|[[South Ferry (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|South Ferry]]

|all

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|various ferries (see [[South Ferry]])

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|[[Battery Place (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Battery Place]]

|all

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|colspan=4 align=center|split from [[IRT Sixth Avenue Line]]

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|[[Rector Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Rector Street]]

|local

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|[[Cortlandt Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Cortlandt Street]]

|all

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|[[Barclay Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Barclay Street]]

|local

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|[[Warren Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Warren Street]]

|all

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|[[Franklin Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Franklin Street]]

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|[[Desbrosses Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Desbrosses Street]]

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|[[Houston Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Houston Street]]

|local

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|[[Christopher Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Christopher Street]]

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|[[14th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|14th Street]]

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|[[23rd Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|23rd Street]]

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|[[30th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|30th Street]]

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|[[34th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|34th Street]]

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|[[42nd Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|42nd Street]]

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|[[50th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|50th Street]]

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|colspan=4 align=center|merged with branch of [[IRT Sixth Avenue Line]]

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|[[59th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|59th Street]]

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|[[66th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|66th Street]]

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|[[72nd Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|72nd Street]]

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|[[81st Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|81st Street]]

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|[[93rd Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|93rd Street]]

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|[[104th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|104th Street]]

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|[[110th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|110th Street]]

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|[[116th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|116th Street]]

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|[[125th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|125th Street]]

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|[[130th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|130th Street]]

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|[[135th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|135th Street]]

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|[[140th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|140th Street]]

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|[[145th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|145th Street]]

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|[[155th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|155th Street]]

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|colspan=4 align=center|tracks split to the [[159th Street Yard]]

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|[[Sedgwick Avenue (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Sedgwick Avenue]]

|all

|[[July 1]], [[1918]]?

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|[[Anderson Avenue (IRT Ninth Avenue Line station)|Anderson Avenue]]

|all

|[[July 1]], [[1918]]

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|colspan=4 align=center|merged with [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line]] between [[161st Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line station)|161st Street]] and [[167th Street (IRT Jerome Avenue Line station)|167th Street]]

|}

Hannibal Missouri is a shithole

==See also==

{{NYCS lines}}

*[[Cable car (railway)]]

== Demographics ==

==External links==

As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of [[2000]], there are 17,757 people, 7,017 households, and 4,554 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] is 469.3/km² (1,215.3/mi²). There are 7,886 housing units at an average density of 208.4/km² (539.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 90.61% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.57% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.35% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.35% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.25% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.79% from two or more races. 1.13% of the population are [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

{{commons|Interborough Rapid Transit Company#Maps}}

*[http://nycsubway.org/irt/9thave/ NYCsubway.org - The 9th Avenue Elevated]

*[http://nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/maps/historical/irt-1920.gif 1920 track map]

There are 7,017 households out of which 32.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.0% are [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% are non-families. 30.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.40 and the average family size is 2.98.

==References==

*Open New Subway to Regular Traffic, [[New York Times]] July 2, 1918 page 11

In the city the population is spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 81.8 males.

[[category:Defunct IRT lines]]

The median income for a household in the city is $29,892, and the median income for a family is $37,264. Males have a median income of $30,677 versus $20,828 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city is $16,902. 14.1% of the population and 11.3% of families are below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 18.2% of those under the age of 18 and 10.8% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

== Education ==

Hannibal High School [http://www.hannibal.k12.mo.us/k12/hhs/index.html] was founded in 1896. The current building was erected in 1932. [[As of 2004]] the current enrollment is 1232 ninth through twelfth graders. The mascot of Hannibal High School is the Pirates and the athletic teams play in the North Central Missouri Conference of the Missouri State High School Sports Association. The "Black & Red" is one of America's oldest school newspaper. [[As of 2004]] the principal is Darin Powell.

== Newspaper ==

The Hannibal Courier-Post [http://www.hannibal.net/]is Missouri's oldest newspaper. It began publishing in 1837 and has a current daily press of 12,000.

== Hannibal-LaGrange College ==

Hannibal-LaGrange College [http://www.hlg.edu/default.asp] is one of the premiere Christian liberal arts colleges in the state. Hannibal-LaGrange is a four-year liberal arts college fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Founded in 1858 in LaGrange, Missouri, the campus moved downriver to Hannibal in 1928. Dr. Woodrow Burt was elected the 16th president of Hannibal-LaGrange College on February 10, 1995.

The College offers more than 30 majors and has a student population of 1,150. HLG is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA) Division I. HLG competes in five men's sports, including soccer, basketball, baseball, cross country, and golf, and five women's sports, including soccer, softball, basketball, volleyball, and cross country.

== External links ==

* http://www.hanmo.com/

* http://www.visithannibal.com/

* http://www.hlg.edu/default.asp Hannibal LaGrange-College-pages

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