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The race underground : Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway

Title
The race underground : Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway / Doug Most.
Author
Most, Doug.
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014.

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Description
viii, 404 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Whitney, Henry Melville, 1839-1923
  • Whitney, William C. 1841-1904
  • Subways > Massachusetts > Boston > History
  • Subways > New York (State) > New York > History
  • Subways > United States > History
  • Subways > United States > Design and construction > Case studies
  • Urban transportation > United States > Case studies
  • Competition > United States > Case studies
  • TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation
  • HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
  • Boston (Mass.) > History > 19th century
  • New York (N.Y.) > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-389) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Two Cities, One Crisis -- PART I. THE VISIONARIES -- A Secret Subway -- Where Spirits, the Devil and the Dead Live -- A Family for the Ages -- History Made in Richmond -- PART II. THE BLIZZARD AND THE BILLIONAIRES -- The Blizzard That Changed Everything -- New York City's Moses -- William Whitney's Missed Opportunity -- The Engineer and the Piano Maker -- The Rise and Fall of Henry Whitney -- PART III. TRAGEDIES, TRIUMPHS -- Bidding to Build History -- "Meehanville" -- Boom! -- "First Car off the Earth!" -- The Brains, the Builder and the Banker -- Playing with Dynamite -- October 27, 1904 -- Epilogue -- Author's Note.
Call Number
JSE 14-97
ISBN
  • 9780312591328
  • 0312591322
LCCN
2013030525
OCLC
2013030525
Author
Most, Doug.
Title
The race underground : Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway / Doug Most.
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-389) and index.
Research Call Number
JSE 14-97
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