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Secret subway : the fascinating tale of an amazing feat of engineering

Sandler, Martin W. (Author).

Summary: 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?

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  • ISBN: 1426304625 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781426304620 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1426304633 (reinforced)
  • ISBN: 9781426304637 (reinforced)
  • Physical Description: 96 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 92) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Big city, big problem -- Enter Alfred Beach -- "Like a sail-boat before the wind" -- Overcoming Boss Tweed -- Building the subway -- Subway revealed -- End of Tweed -- New York gets its subway.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection

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Secret Subway : The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering
Secret Subway : The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering
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Secret Subway : The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering

Martin Sandler is an historian and the author of more than 50 books. He is the winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for The Story of American Photography: An Illustrated History for Young People. He has won seven Emmy Awards and was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He has taught American history and American studies at the University of Massachusetts and Smith College.

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