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Cincinnati Subway

Between 1920 and 1925 the City of Cincinnati spent six million dollars building a subway system, which was supposed to ease congestion and spur growth in Cincinnati. However, when funding ran out in 1925, the construction came to an end with nearly seven miles of the subway dug or graded, but no track laid. Several attempts to complete the subway have been made, but all proposals have ultimately failed. However, sections of the tunnel have been used for various purposes including the conversion of the Liberty Street station into a nuclear fallout shelter. The money borrowed to build in the twenties was finally paid off in 1966.