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Building Grand Central Terminal

Author : Gregory Bilotto

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 232 pages

File Size : 27,17 MB

Release : 2017-05-29

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 1439660514

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The history of Grand Central Terminal, from construction to world-famous landmark, and its influence on the New York City community surrounding it. Built in the heart of the Empire City is the world's greatest and most iconic railway terminal. A colossal Beaux-Arts style transport nexus, Grand Central Terminal was completed in 1913 from the legacy of the railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. The terminal quickly became vital to travel and today accommodates 750,000 people daily. This book documents the construction of Grand Central Terminal, the former Grand Central Depot (1871) and Grand Central Station (1900), and illuminates the incredible story of the terminal that revolutionized transport, developed Midtown Manhattan, and opened railroad access to suburban areas.



Cincinnati's Incomplete Subway

Author : Jacob R. Mecklenborg

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 27,97 MB

Release : 2010-11-05

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 1614231915

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What of those ghostly catacombs that lie dormant below city streets? Those subway tunnels, never finished, never filled with the screeches of trains and the busy commotion of commuters. Just there. Dead. You've heard of the subway's demise. The tunnels were too narrow. The city was too broke. A grand miscalculation. Well, most of what you've heard is, sorry to say, untrue. The popular story of the subway's demise is myth-laden and as incomplete as the original plan. The full story, long buried in mounds of public records dispersed in libraries, is now revealed. Local author Jacob R. Mecklenborg emerges from those dusty tomes with a fresh, thought-provoking, full examination of the subway's demise and what its future might hold.



Underground Movements

Author : Sunny Stalter-Pace

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 23,15 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Popular culture

ISBN : 9781625340542

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Subway Stories -- 1. Forming the Subway Habit -- 2. How the Subway became Sublime -- 3. Minding the Gaps in Modernist Poetry -- 4. Underground Assimilation in Ethnic Drama -- 5. Uncanny Migration Narratives -- Conclusion: The Private Subway in the Postmodern City -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.





Jubilee Line Extension

Author : S.K. Fullalove

Publisher : Thomas Telford

Page : 76 pages

File Size : 38,20 MB

Release : 1998-06

Category :

ISBN : 9780727726933

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Introduction Design and construction of the Lantau Link bridges Design and construction of the West Kowloon Expressway, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi section of Route 3 and the North Lantau Expressway. Hong Kong International Airport railway Western Harbour Crossing, Hong Kong - a successful BOT model







The Cincinnati Subway

Author : Allen J. Singer

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 33,87 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 9780738523149

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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.



Opinions and Orders

Author : Illinois Commerce Commission

Publisher :

Page : 810 pages

File Size : 25,52 MB

Release : 1925

Category : Municipal corporations

ISBN :

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Annual Report on New Starts

Author : United States. Federal Transit Administration

Publisher :

Page : 518 pages

File Size : 20,75 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Electronic journals

ISBN :

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