Conquering Gotham
The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
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Narrated by:
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David Drummond
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Written by:
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Jill Jonnes
About this listen
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.What the critics say
"An important addition to the popular literature of...New York." ( Publishers Weekly)