Century of Subways

Century of Subways

Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways

  • Author: Cudahy, Brian J.
  • Publisher: Fordham University Press
  • ISBN: 9780823222926
  • eISBN Epub: 9780823222957
  • Place of publication:  New York , United States
  • Year of publication: 2009
  • Year of digital publication: 2009
  • Month: August
  • Language: English
Brian Cudahy offers a fascinating tribute to the world the subway created. Taking a fresh look at one of the marvels of the 20th century, Cudahy creates a vivid sense of this extraordinary achievement—how the city was transformed once New Yorkers started riding in a hole in the ground.
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. August Belmont and His Subway
  • 2. Change at Park Street Under
  • 3. The World’s First Subway
  • 4. New York’s Electrified Railroads
  • 5. The Legacy of the IRT
  • APPENDIX
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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