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Alfred Ely Beach's Pneumatic Subway

By Kate O'Dell

Alfred Ely Beach's Pneumatic Subway

By Kate O'Dell

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Alfred Ely Beach - inventor, publisher, and patent lawyer - proposed a pneumatic subway system in the mid-1860s, basing it off London's Crystal Palace's experimental subway demonstration a few years prior. He was an inventor that was heavily invested in creating the city's first pneumatic subway tunnel. He secretly worked with a crew underground, building the tunnel, and the elaborately fancy subway station. When it finally opened in 1870, the subway was a hit with the public. By 1873, the project was scrapped due to lack of funding, and the city's approval. It was bricked up, until city workers discovered it in 1912. This is the fascinating look at the man behind the pneumatic subway, and all the efforts he put into keeping the tunnel a secret until opening day.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
44
Release Date:
2021-04-25
Publication Date:
2021-04-25
Publisher:
Lightning Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798233460128
Weight:
70 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
3 cm
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