Cudahy, Brian J.

A century of subways : celebrating 100 years of New York's underground railways / Brian J. Cudahy.

1st ed.

New York : Fordham University Press, 2003.

xii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

""I declare the subway open," said Mayor George B. McClellan at about 2 p.m. on October 27, 1904. His hand on the switch, McClellan drove the new electric-powered cars of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company out of the City Hall station for the twenty-six minute ride under Broadway to 145th Street in Harlem. After a decade of digging and building, New York was moving uptown, underground. And everything began to change." "A century later, Brian Cudahy offers this fascinating tribute to the city - and the world - that the subway created. Taking a fresh look at one of the marvels of the twentieth century, Cudahy tells not one big story, but five carefully linked tales to create a vivid sense of this extraordinary achievement - how the city was transformed once New Yorkers started riding in a hole in the ground."--Jacket.

9780823222926
0823222926 (hard cover ; alk. paper)
0823222934 (pbk.)
9780823222933 (pbk.)

Interborough Rapid Transit Company History.
Interborough Rapid Transit Company.
Subways New York (State) New York History.
Railroads New York (State) New York History.
Métros New York (État) New York Histoire.
Chemins de fer New York (État) New York Histoire.
Railroads.
Subways.
Ondergrondse spoorwegen.
New York (State) New York.

History.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 230069
Cote: TF847.N5 C73 2003
Statut: Disponible