A century of subways : celebrating 100 years of New York's underground railways / Brian J. Cudahy.
A century of subways : celebrating 100 years of New York's underground railways / Brian J. Cudahy.
A century of subways : celebrating 100 years of New York's underground railways / Brian J. Cudahy.
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Publisher
New York : Fordham University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N388.428/2
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English
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Physical content
xii, 388 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Stonehenge via Subway -- 1. August Belmont and His Subway -- 2. Change at Park Street Under -- 3. The World's First Subway -- 4. New York's Electrified Railroads -- 5. The Legacy of the IRT.
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Publisher
New York : Fordham University Press, 2003.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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""I declare the subway open," said Mayor George B. McClellan at about 2 p.m. on October 27, 1904. His hand on the switch, McClellan drove the new electric-powered cars of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company out of the City Hall station for the twenty-six minute ride under Broadway to 145th Street in Harlem. After a decade of digging and building...
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A century of subways : celebrating 100 years of New York's underground railways / Brian J. Cudahy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N388.428/2
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74VK2PoqEX0y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2PoqEX0y
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ISBN
0823222926 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9780823222926 (hard cover : alk. paper)
DDC
388.428097471
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991017928509702626
