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"The building of the New York City subway system was an epic struggle, and not just for engineering reasons." "As New York grew in importance throughout the nineteenth century, geography imposed physical limits on the city. Manhattan was a narrow and crowded island, with a huge population jammed into its southern tip. By the 1880s surface transportation on Manhattan streets was impossibly slow, and the city's business leadership realized that improved transportation was vital to its future. Mayor Abram S. Hewitt, a wealthy businessman, proposed a subway system, and Hewitt and other prominent…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2004The Johns Hopkins University Press · 336 pages · 9780801880544
- Other · English · 1995Johns Hopkins University Press · 335 pages · 9780801852442
- Other · English · 1993Simon & Schuster · 335 pages · 9780671677565
UrbanizationSubwaysHistoryTechnologyNew York Times reviewedSubways, new york (state), new yorkTechnology, social aspectsNew york (n.y.), history