Author : Peter Derrick
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814719541
Tunneling to the Future by Peter Derrick Pdf
Derrick (archivist, Bronx County Historical Society) tells the story of what was, at the time, the largest and most expensive single municipal project ever attempted--the 1913 expansion of the New York City Dual System of Rapid Transit. He considers the factors motivating the expansion, the process of its design, the controversies surrounding financing it, and its impact on New York then and today. Appendixes summarize the contracts and related certificates and list the opening dates of Dual System lines. Twenty-four pages of photographs are also included. c. Book News Inc.