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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Most, Doug, author.     Subjects     Whitney, Henry Melville, 1839-1923.     Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904.     Subways -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.     Subways -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.     Subways -- United States -- History.     Subways -- United States -- Design and construction -- Case studies.     Urban transportation -- United States -- Case studies.     Competition -- United States -- Case studies.     Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.     New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Most, Doug, author.       by title:      The race underground...         MARC Display

The race underground [electronic resource] : Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway / Doug Most. by Most, Doug, author. [New York] : Books on Tape, 2014. Subjects Whitney, Henry Melville, 1839-1923.   Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904.   Subways -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.   Subways -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.   Subways -- United States -- History.   Subways -- United States -- Design and construction -- Case studies.   Urban transportation -- United States -- Case studies.   Competition -- United States -- Case studies.   Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.   New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=9F0D9CF0-98CA-4B4D-B293-9838109D48FA This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/1440537-TheRaceUnderground.wma Electronic Resource http://excerpts.contentreserve.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1440537-TheRaceUnderground.mp3 Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/{9F0D9CF0-98CA-4B4D-B293-9838109D48FA}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9780553398069 (electronic audio bk.) 0553398067 (electronic audio bk.) Description:  1 online resource (1 sound file (15 hr., 25 min., 56 sec.)) : digital Edition:  Unabridged. Requests:  0 Summary:  In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew larger, the streets became increasingly clogged with horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 brought New York City to a halt, a solution had to be found. Two brothers--Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York City--pursued the dream of his city being the first American metropolis to have a subway and the great race was on...   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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