Secret Subway The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering

Name: Secret Subway The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering
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ISBN: 9781426304620

ISBN-10: 1426304625

ISBN-13: 9781426304620

Edition: 2009

Authors: Martin Sandler, Martin Sandler

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This is the incredible story of the visionary engineer who built New York City's first subway.The Secret Subwayis the gripping tale of a man whose vision was years ahead of his time; a man whose dream was crushed by the greed and political jockeying for power that characterized the city in the days of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. In the late 1860s New York was congested and dangerous, a place one terrified commentator described as "bedlam on wheels. "Alfred Beach, a multitalented young man, set out to solve the problem. Rather than just addressing the chaos on the streets, he looked deeper for a solution, into the very foundations of the city. He financed the subterranean project himself,…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication date: 5/12/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Size: 9.15" wide x 9.55" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English