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| Author | : Shana Corey |
| Publisher | : Anne Schwartz Books |
| Total Pages | : 42 |
| Release | : 2016-03-08 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0375870717 |
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From an acclaimed author and a New York Times Best Illustrated artist comes the fascinating, little-known—and true!—story of New York City’s first subway. New York City in the 1860s was a mess: crowded, disgusting, filled with garbage. You see, way back in 1860, there were no subways, just cobblestone streets. That is, until Alfred Ely Beach had the idea for a fan-powered train that would travel underground. On February 26, 1870, after fifty-eight days of drilling and painting and plastering, Beach unveiled his masterpiece—and throngs of visitors took turns swooshing down the track. The Secret Subway will wow readers, just as Beach’s underground train wowed riders over a century ago. A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids, 2016
| Author | : Martin W. Sandler |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781426304620 |
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In 1869, Alfred Beach wanted to build America's first air-powered railway below New York City, but Boss Tweed, powerful politician and notorious crook, opposed. Working under night cover, Beach and his crew carved a three-hundred-foot tunnel beneath a department store. Before long, the project was discovered and the public raved about its potential. But no further tunnels were ever built. What happened to Beach's railway, and where is it now?
| Author | : Julia Sarcone-Roach |
| Publisher | : Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Total Pages | : 41 |
| Release | : 2011-10-11 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0375858598 |
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Never was there a subway car who loved her job more than Jessie. From morning to night she carried all sorts of people all sorts of places—to work and school and World's Fairs, over bridges and through tunnels—sometimes she even took a pigeon along for the ride! But as time passed, sleek new silver cars began to take over the tracks, banishing Jessie to an abandoned lot. What will she do with no passengers to carry? And where will she go now that she's no longer welcome on the tracks? Based on the true story of 1960's-era subway cars that are now being used to create artificial reefs in the Atlantic, this stunningly illustrated second book from Julia Sarcone-Roach is sure to delight scuba diving historians and kids alike.
| Author | : Larry Dane Brimner |
| Publisher | : Boyds Mills Press |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781590781760 |
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A history of the early subways.
| Author | : Mary Winget |
| Publisher | : Lerner Publications |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2007-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0822589532 |
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A fun, simple text closely paired with vivid color photos to explain how subways work and what they do.
| Author | : Allen J. Singer |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780738523149 |
Download The Cincinnati Subway Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Cincinnati emerged from a tumultuous 19th century as a growing metropolis committed to city planning. The most ambitious plan of the early twentieth century, the Cincinnati Subway, was doomed to failure. Construction began in 1920 and ended in 1927 when the money had run out. Today, two miles of empty subway tunnels still lie beneath Cincinnati, waiting to be used. The Cincinnati Subway tells the whole story, from the turbulent times in the 1880s to the ultimate failure of "Cincinnati's White Elephant." Along the way, the reader will learn about what was happening in Cincinnati during the growth of the subway-from the Courthouse Riots in 1884 to life in the Queen City during World War II.
| Author | : Paul DuBois Jacobs |
| Publisher | : Gibbs Smith |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2004-08-18 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781586853570 |
Download My Subway Ride Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Relates the sights and sounds of a subway ride through the boroughs of New York City.
| Author | : Clifton Hood |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2004-08-23 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780801880544 |
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When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue—the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND or Independent Subway line in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles—long enough to reach from New York to Chicago. In this definitive history, Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, one of the urban engineering marvels of the twentieth century. For the subway's centennial the author supplies a new foreward explaining that now, after a century, "we can see more clearly than ever that this rapid transit system is among the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements."
| Author | : Lorraine B. Diehl |
| Publisher | : Clarkson Potter |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
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In "Subways," her highly anticipated follow-up to "The Automat," Diehl sets off on another sentimental journey, recounting the true story of a city transformed by underground passageways.
| Author | : Julia Solis |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2020-10-28 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1000101304 |
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Did alligators ever really live in New York's sewers? What's it like to explore the old aqueducts beneath the city? How many levels are beneath Grand Central Station? And how exactly did the pneumatic tube system that New York's post offices used to employ work? In this richly illustrated historical tour of New York's vast underground systems, Julia Solis answers all these questions and much, much more. New York Underground takes readers through ingenious criminal escape routes, abandoned subway stations, and dark crypts beneath lower Manhattan to expose the city's basic anatomy. While the city is justly famous for what lies above ground, its underground passages are equally legendary and tell us just as much about how the city works.
