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1) The race underground: Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway
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Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
404 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew larger, the streets became increasingly clogged with horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 brought New York City to a halt, a solution had to be found. Two brothers--Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York City--pursued the dream of his city being the first American metropolis to have a subway and the great race was on. The competition...
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