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The routes not taken : a trip through New York City's unbuilt subway system /

Robert A. Van Wyck, mayor of the greater city of New York, broke ground for the first subway line by City Hall on March 24, 1900. It took four years, six months, and twenty-three days to build the line from City Hall to West 145th Street in Harlem. Things rarely went that quickly ever again. The Rou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Raskin, Joseph B.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Subways > New York (State) > New York > Design and construction > History. Subways > New York (State) > New York > History. TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History. TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

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