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2009

Format:	Book
Author:	Sandler, Martin W.
Title:	Secret subway : the fascinating tale of an amazing feat of engineering / by Martin W. Sandler.
Publisher, Date:	Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2009.
Description:	96 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Summary:	In 1869, Alfred Beach wanted to build America's first air-powered railway below New York City, but Boss Tweed, powerful politician and notorious crook, opposed. Working under night cover, Beach and his crew carved a three-hundred-foot tunnel beneath a department store. Before long, the project was discovered and the public raved about its potential. But no further tunnels were ever built. What happened to Beach's railway, and where is it now?
Subjects:	Subways -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile literature. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (page 92) and index. A Junior Library Guild selection Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K--12 Award, 2010
Contents:	Big city, big problem -- Enter Alfred Beach -- "Like a sail-boat before the wind" -- Overcoming Boss Tweed -- Building the subway -- Subway revealed -- End of Tweed -- New York gets its subway.
LCCN:	2008039831
ISBN:	9781426304637 1426304633 9781426304620 1426304625
Other Number:	244416711
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Control Number:	242551
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Call Number:	j 388.428 Sandler

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