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New York's secret subway the underground genius of Alfred Beach and the origins of mass transit

In the nineteenth century, Manhattan's streets were so choked with pedestrians, horses, vehicles, and vendors that a trip from City Hall to Central Park could take hours. Alfred Beach had the perfect solution: build a giant pneumatic tube underneath Broadway from the Battery to Harlem. Air pressure...

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Main Author: Algeo, Matthew (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Beach, Alfred E. > (Alfred Ely), > 1826-1896.
Subways > New York (State) > New York > History.
Local transit > New York (State) > New York > History.
Urban transportation > New York (State) > New York > History.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898.
Civil engineering > United States > 19th century.
Political corruption > New York (State) > New York > 19th century.
Creative nonfiction.
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Table of Contents:
  • A kind of Aladdin's cave
  • For society he had no taste
  • This AeĢˆriel and invisible deity
  • Dreams are sometimes verified
  • Not an honest politician
  • Unabated confidence
  • Indefatigably laboring
  • Unapproachable cheapness and facility
  • Under the supervision and direction of
  • Richly upholstered and very comfortable
  • May as well make the mayor a partner
  • Pneumatics and arcaders
  • A short travel in fairy land
  • The big fish who eat up the little ones
  • A mild odor of corruption
  • An appearance of brilliancy
  • Soulless vampires
  • A quiet but invincible pertinacity
  • Entitled to much congratulation.

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