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050 00 $aTF302.N7$bJ66 2007
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100 1 $aJonnes, Jill,$d1952-
245 10 $aConquering Gotham :$ba Guilded Age epic : the construction of Penn Station and its tunnels /$cJill Jonnes.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2007.
300 $axiv, 368 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [319]-354) and index.
505 0 $aPt. 1: How shall we reach Gotham?. We must find a way to cross ; Haskins's tunnel and Lindenthal's bridge ; The ablest man this railway ever produced ; The North River Bridge matter ; A severe disappointment ; It might offer the solution ; Get a little of the Tenderloin ; Crooked and greedy ; Someone in the Penn Is leaking ; The town Is on fire ; We shall make our fight aboveboard ; Ugly rumors of boodle -- Pt. 2: The crossing. We are not making a mistake ; A work unsought ; Drilling of first hole ; The shield is ready to be shoved ; Slow progress has been made ; Disturbed about North River tunnels ; Would Mr. Cassatt be resigning? ; Death stalks alongside them ; The shields have met exactly ; The only railroad statesman ; New York City shaken ; The way is stony and wet ; Officially declare the station open ; Coda.
520 $aTraces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, describing how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption and the forces of nature to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.
610 20 $aPennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aTunneling$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aRailroad stations$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aHistoric buildings$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
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