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| 文件类型： | 书, 互联网资源 |
| 所有的著者/提供者： |
Jill Jonnes |
| ISBN: | 0670031585 9780670031580 |
| OCLC号码： | 71266589 |
| 描述： | xiv, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| 内容： | Part I. How shall we reach Gotham? : 1. We must find a way to cross -- 2. Haskins's Tunnel and Lindenthal's Bridge -- 3. The ablest man this railway ever produced -- 4. The North River Bridge matter -- 5. A severe disappointment -- 6. It might offer the solution -- 7. Get a little of the tenderloin -- 8. Crooked and greedy -- 9. Someone in the Penn Is leaking -- 10. The town Is on fire -- 11. We shall make our fight aboveboard -- 12. Ugly rumors of boodle -- Part II. The crossing : 13. We are not making a mistake -- 14. A work unsought -- 15. Drilling of first hole -- 16. The shield is ready to be shoved -- 17. Slow progress has been made -- 18. Disturbed about North River tunnels -- 19. Would Mr. Cassatt be resigning? -- 20. Death stalks alongside them -- 21. The shields have met exactly -- 22. The only railroad statesman -- 23. New York City shaken -- 24. The way is stony and wet -- 25. Officially declare the station open -- 26. Coda. |
| 责任： | Jill Jonnes. |
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摘要：
Traces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, describing how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption and the forces of nature to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.
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