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Conquering Gotham : a Gilded Age epic : the construction of Penn Station and its tunnels
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Conquering Gotham : a Gilded Age epic : the construction of Penn Station and its tunnels

Author: Jill Jonnes
Publisher: New York : Viking, 2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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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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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jill Jonnes
ISBN: 0670031585 9780670031580
OCLC Number: 71266589
Description: xiv, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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.
Responsibility: Jill Jonnes.
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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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