"I declare the subway open," ?said Mayor George B. McClelland at about 2 p.m. on October 27, 1904. His hand on the switch, McClelland ?drove the new electric-powered cars of the Interborough Rapid Tra
The New York City Subway system celebrates its 100th anniversary on October 27, 2004, but you can bring the romance of the old subway alive today with the Subway Punch-out Book. The book includes 15
Fifty years ago-on April 26, 1956-the freighter Ideal X steamed from Berth 26 in Port Newark, New Jersey. Flying the flag of the Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company, she set out for Houston with an unusual
Rails Under the Mighty Hudson tells a story that begins in the final years of the nineteenth century and reaches fulfillment in the first decade of the twentieth: namely, the building of rail tunnels
On November 1, 1918, as the Great War in Europe was entering its final hours, a five-car elevated train was heading for the Flatbush section of Brooklyn with hundreds of homeward-bound commuters aboar
Ask the average American anywhere in the country to answer the association question Staten Islandand you get Ferryin immediate response. what is regularly billed as America's favorite boatride- not le
A facsimile of the 1904 edition originally published by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company to commemorate the opening of New York's first subway line. Many photos and line drawings. Annotation cop
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the New York City Subway, this volume presents five chapters that describe the beginnings and development of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, look at
Traces the history of urban mass transit from its beginnings in the 1830s to the present, focusing on the technological, business, labor, and consumer aspects of its development
When the first cars of New York's new underground railroad left City Hall station on October 27, 1904, they were the property of a private firm called the Interborough Rapid Transit, running on public
Since the first subway opened in 1904, the New York subway system and its trains have provided millions of New Yorkers with cheap, fast, and remarkably reliable transportation. The New York subway sys
Coney Island is more than a national institution: it was probably the most celebrated amusement resort in the world. This book, by a man whose family helped to build the Island's fantastic reputation,
This edition updates McCullough's 1957 history of New York's celebrated and at times notorious amusement resort with a new introduction and epilogue. Illustrations include the 1654 deed procuring the
