או תאנט (אי) – הבדלי גרסאות

 

 

The island has its origins in the [[1890s]] as a side-effect of the construction by [[William Steinway]], of [[piano]] manufacturer [[Steinway & Sons]], of [[tram|trolley]] [[tunnel]]s under the river to link bustling Manhattan to his eponymous [[company town]] in [[Steinway, Queens]]. The island was built up on the existing [[granite]] outcrop ''Man-o'-War Reef'' with excess [[land reclamation|landfill]] from a [[shaft]] dug down the [[reef]] to the tunnels. But Steinway died before his tunnels' completion, and it was financier [[August Belmont, Jr.]] who finished the project in [[1907]], leaving the finished islet as a bonus. The ''Steinway Tunnels'' are still in use as part of the [[7 (New York City Subway)|7]]-[[Flushing Line]] (''see for construction details'') in the [[New York Subway]], and [[train]]s still pass directly beneath the island many times a day. ''Belmont Island'', after the financier, became (and remains) the legal name of the island.