Damn Interesting
Fascinating read on early pneumatic subway in New York.
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The Remarkable Pneumatic People-Mover
Posted on 10-03-2010 11:00 PMOn the eighth of February 1912, a small group of officials arrived at City Hall Park on Manhattans Broadway street. The men gathered at one grassy corner of the park grounds, where a long-neglected iron grating protected the entrance to a seemingly unremarkable ventilation shaft. The heavy, rust-encrusted grille was pried from its resting place, and with lanterns in hand the men descended one by one into the cavity. About twenty feet below the pavement the group emerged into an eight-foot-wide brickwork tube, the end of which was beyond the immediate reach of the lights. The sturdily-constructed tunnel was a relic from the years following the American Civil War, and it had remained virtually forgotten beneath the streets of New York since its main entrance was sealed sometime around 1880.
Damn Interesting
Fascinating read on early pneumatic subway in New York.
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