Page de couverture de Conquering Gotham

Conquering Gotham

The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels

 Aperçu

1 mois d'essai gratuit à Audible Standard

8,99 $/mois à la fin de l’essai. Annulation à tout moment.
Essayer pour 0,00 $
Comparer les forfaits

Conquering Gotham

Auteur(s): Jill Jonnes
Narrateur(s): David Drummond
Essayer pour 0,00 $

8,99 $/mois après 30 jours. Annulable en tout temps

Acheter pour 20,40 $

Acheter pour 20,40 $

The demolition of Penn Station in 1963 destroyed not just a soaring neoclassical edifice, but also a building that commemorated one of the last century's great engineering feats: the construction of railroad tunnels into New York City.

Now, in this gripping narrative, Jill Jonnes tells this fascinating story - a high-stakes drama that pitted the money and will of the nation's mightiest railroad against the corruption of Tammany Hall, the unruly forces of nature, and the machinations of labor agitators.

In 1901, the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Alexander Cassatt, determined that it was technically feasible to build a system of tunnels connecting Manhattan to New Jersey and Long Island. Confronted by payoff-hungry politicians, brutal underground working conditions, and disastrous blowouts and explosions, it would take him nearly a decade to make Penn Station and its tunnels a reality.

©2007 Jill Jonnes; (P)2007 Tantor Media Inc. Amériques New York Chemin de fer
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1

Ce que les critiques en disent

"An exemplary construction epic." ( Booklist)
"An important addition to the popular literature of...New York." ( Publishers Weekly)
Pas encore de commentaire