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Conquering Gotham

author: Jonnes, Jill
Recounts the true story of Pennsylvania Railroad president Alexander Cassatt's ambitious journey to build the railroad by creating a monumental system of electrified tunnels under the Hudson River, Manhattan, and the East River, despite dangerous conditions, corporate sabotage, and his investors' lack of faith in the project.
385.3
year: 2007
copies: 1
call number/section: 385.3
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subjects: tunneling, railroad stations [X], historic buildings, tunnels [X]

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