The foot rail along the bar is a steel streetcar track that was made in 1973 at the former Bethlehem Steel plant, located at nearby Pier 70.

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The NTSB would not clarify Friday whether the April repair to the rail involved the mending or the replacement of the cracked steel joint bar.

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