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The race underground : Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway Cover Image E-audiobook E-audiobook

The race underground : Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway

Most, Doug (author.). Mayer, John H., (narrator.).

Summary: 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...

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  • ISBN: 9780553398069 (electronic audio bk.)
  • ISBN: 0553398067 (electronic audio bk.)
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource (1 sound file (15 hr., 25 min., 56 sec.)) : digital
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Books on Tape, 2014.

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Participant or Performer Note: Read by John H. Mayer.
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Subject: Subways -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History
Subways -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century
Whitney, Henry Melville -- 1839-1923
Whitney, William C. (William Collins) -- 1841-1904
Subways -- United States -- History
Subways -- United States -- Design and construction -- Case studies
Urban transportation -- United States -- Case studies
Competition -- United States -- Case studies
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