Highway under the Hudson : a history of the Holland Tunnel /

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Every year, more than thirty-three million vehicles traverse the Holland Tunnel, making their way from Jersey City and Lower Manhattan. From tourists to commuters, many cross the tunnel's 1.6 mile corridor on a daily basis, and yet few know much about this amazing feat of early 20th-century eng...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jackson, Robert W. (Robert Wendell), 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
1898-1999
Tunnels > New York (State) > New York > Design and construction > History > 20th century.
City planning > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Urban transportation > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Tunnels > Conception et construction > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Transports urbains > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
City planning
Economic history
Politics and government
Tunnels > Design and construction
Urban transportation
Holland Tunnel (Jersey City, N.J., and New York, N.Y.) > History.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 1898-1951.
Holland Tunnel (Jersey City, N.J. et New York, N.Y.) > Histoire.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.) > Administration > 1898-1951.
New York (State) > New York
United States > Holland Tunnel (Jersey City, New Jersey and New York, New York)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The impetus
  • Vexing questions
  • A coal famine
  • The wedding ring
  • A controversy acute and personal
  • Political and petty tampering
  • Another long and costly delay
  • A tempest in a teapot
  • The sandhogs
  • The Holland Tunnel
  • One work complete
  • Fires, blasts rip Holland Tunnel
  • Built to last forever.

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