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Secret subway : the fascinating tale of an amazing feat of engineering /

In 1869, Alfred Beach wanted to build America's first air-powered railway below New York City, but Boss Tweed, powerful politician and notorious crook, opposed. Working under night cover, Beach and his crew carved a three-hundred-foot tunnel beneath a department store. Before long, the project...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandler, Martin W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2009]
Subjects:
Subways > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile literature.
New York (N.Y.) > History > Juvenile literature.
Subways > New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > History.
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