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04563aam a2200697 i 4500 001 233C2D7EA43411E3BF2F80C9DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20210814010606 008 130805s2014 nyua b 001 0deng 010 $a 2013030525 020 $a 0312591322 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 020 $a 9780312591328 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)846545926 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCO $d LE# $d BUR $d OQX $d JIM $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us-ny $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HE4491.B782 $b M67 2014 082 00 $a 388.4/20974446109034 $2 23 084 $a HIS036010 $a HIS036010 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Most, Doug. 245 14 $a The race underground : $b Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway / $c Doug Most. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2014. 300 $a viii, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Two cities, one crisis -- PART I. THE VISIONARIES. A secret subway ; Where spirits, the devil and the dead Live ; A family for the ages ; History made in Richmond -- PART II. THE BLIZZARD AND THE BILLIONAIRES. The blizzard that changed everything ; New York City's Moses ; William Whitney's missed opportunity ; The engineer and the piano maker ; The rise and fall of Henry Whitney -- PART III. TRAGEDIES, TRIUMPHS. Bidding to build history ; "Meehanville" ; Boom! ; "First car off the earth!" ; The brains, the builder and the banker ; Playing with dynamite ; October 27, 1904. 520 $a In the late nineteenth century, as cities grew more congested, the streets became clogged with plodding horse-drawn carts. When the great Blizzard of 1888 crippled the Northeast, a solution had to be found. Two brothers from a prominent family--Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York--each pursued the dream of his city digging the first American subway, and the race was on. The competition played out in an era not unlike our own, one of economic upheaval, life-changing innovations, class warfare, bitter political tensions, and the question of America's place in the world. The story is peopled with the famous, like Boss Tweed, Grover Cleveland, and Thomas Edison, and the not-so-famous, like the countless "sandhogs" who shoveled, hoisted, and blasted into the earth, some losing their lives in the process. Doug Most chronicles the science of the subway, looks at the fears people overcame about traveling underground, and tells a story as exciting as any in the pages of U.S. history. This is a great American saga of two rival cities, their rich, powerful, and sometimes corrupt interests, and an invention that changed the lives of millions. --From publisher description. 650 0 $a Subways $z Boston $z Boston $x History. 650 0 $a Subways $z New York $z New York $x History. 651 0 $a Boston (Mass.) $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x History $y 19th century. 600 10 $a Whitney, Henry Melville, $d 1839-1923. 600 10 $a Whitney, William C. $q (William Collins), $d 1841-1904. 650 0 $a Subways $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Subways $z United States $x Design and construction $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Urban transportation $z United States $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Competition $z United States $v Case studies. 650 7 $a TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 20 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409021513.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314035916.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528054901.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204072656.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110054616.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210022018.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107045817.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20180719023631.0 952 $l DRPC413 $d 20180714022907.0 952 $l DIPB173 $d 20180707022320.0 952 $l RSSX851 $d 20180106072415.0 952 $l 9ISX953 $d 20171010011600.0 952 $l BZPC851 $d 20161229105404.0 952 $l ZUPD675 $d 20161012010708.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826090610.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20160804011035.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20150730011734.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20150509024543.0 952 $l CIPB482 $d 20150219011829.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20140716013517.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=233C2D7EA43411E3BF2F80C9DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search