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Book Highway Under the Hudson

Download or read book Highway Under the Hudson written by Robert W. Jackson and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, more than thirty-three million vehicles traverse the Holland Tunnel, making their way from Jersey City and Lower Manhattan. From tourists to commuters, many cross the tunnel's 1.6 mile corridor on a daily basis, and yet few know much about this amazing feat of early 20th-century engineering. How was it built, by whom, and at what cost? These and many other questions are answered in Highway under the Hudson, Robert W. Jackson's story about this seminal structure in the history of urban transportation. In this meticulously researched work, Jackson provides the first complete history of the planning, financing and construction of the Holland Tunnel. Dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World" when it opened in 1927, the Holland Tunnel was the longest vehicular tunnel in the world st the time of its construction. In Highway under the Hudson, Jackson explains the economic forces which led to the need for the tunnel, and details the extraordinary political and social politicking that took place on both sides of the Hudson River to enable its construction. He introduces us to important figures in the tunnel's history, such as New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge, who, more than anyone else, made the dream of a tunnel a reality; George Washington Goethals (builder of the Panama Canal and namesake of the Goethals bridge), the first chief engineer of the project; engineers Ole Singstad, who designed the ventilation system, and Clifford Holland, the chief engineer for whom the tunnel is named; New Jersey Bridge and Tunnel commissioners Thomas Albeus Adams and John F. Boyle, who tried to profit from the tunnel's construction; Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague, who blocked completion of the tunnel until the New York Bridge and Tunnel Commission agreed to pay for street improvements in his city; and the compressed-air workers (called "sandhogs") who risked their lives to build the tunnel. Fully illustrated with more than 50 beautiful photographs and drawings, Jackson's story of the Holland Tunnel is one of great human drama, with heroes and villains, that illustrates how great things are accomplished, and at what price.

Book The Holland Tunnel  suppl    Plaza construction  New Jersey  Drawings 1 to 10

Download or read book The Holland Tunnel suppl Plaza construction New Jersey Drawings 1 to 10 written by New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Crossing Under the Hudson

Download or read book Crossing Under the Hudson written by Angus K. Gillespie and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing Under the Hudson takes a fresh look at the planning and construction of two key links in the transportation infrastructure of New York and New Jersey--the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. Writing in an accessible style that incorporates historical accounts with a lively and entertaining approach, Angus Kress Gillespie explores these two monumental works of civil engineering and the public who embraced them. He describes and analyzes the building of the tunnels, introduces readers to the people who worked there--then and now--and places the structures into a meaningful cultural context with the music, art, literature, and motion pictures that these tunnels, engineering marvels of their day, have inspired over the years. Today, when new concerns about global terrorism may trump bouts of simple tunnel tension, Gillespie's Crossing Under the Hudson continues to cast a light at the end of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels.

Book The Holland Tunnel  suppl    Administration building  New York drawings 1 to 35

Download or read book The Holland Tunnel suppl Administration building New York drawings 1 to 35 written by New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Highway Under the Hudson

Download or read book Highway Under the Hudson written by Robert Wendell Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, more than thirty-three million vehicles traverse the Holland Tunnel, making their way to and from Jersey City and Lower Manhattan. From tourists to commuters, many cross the tunnelOCOs 1.6-mile corridor on a daily basis, and yet few know much about this amazing feat of early 20th-century engineering. How was it built, by whom, and at what cost?a These and many other questions are answered in Highway Under the Hudson: A History of the Holland Tunnel, Robert W. JacksonOCOs fascinating story about this seminal structure in the history of urban transportation. Jackson explains the economic forces which led to the need for the tunnel, and details the extraordinary political and social politicking that took place on both sides of the Hudson River to finally enable its construction. He also introduces us to important figures in the tunnels history, such as New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge, who, more than anyone else, made the dream of a tunnel a reality and George Washington Goethals (builder of the Panama Canal and namesake of the Goethals Bridge), the first chief engineer of the project. Fully illustrated with more than 50 beautiful archival photographs and drawings, JacksonOCOs story of the Holland Tunnel is one of great human drama, with heroes and villains, that illustrates how great things are accomplished, and at what price.

Book Report of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission to the Senate and General Assembly of New Jersey

Download or read book Report of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission to the Senate and General Assembly of New Jersey written by New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hudson River vehicular tunnel

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  • Author : New York (State) Bridge and Tunnel Commission
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  • Release : 1925
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Hudson River vehicular tunnel written by New York (State) Bridge and Tunnel Commission and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report

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  • Author : New York (State) Bridge and Tunnel Commission
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  • Release : 1928
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Report written by New York (State) Bridge and Tunnel Commission and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Photographs of the Construction of the Holland Tunnel  1919 1927

Download or read book Photographs of the Construction of the Holland Tunnel 1919 1927 written by New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Construction Cost and Revenue Estimates

Download or read book Construction Cost and Revenue Estimates written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission

Download or read book Report of the New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission written by New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Construction Department  i e  Division  of  i e  On  the Holland Tunnel

Download or read book Report of the Construction Department i e Division of i e On the Holland Tunnel written by Port of New York Authority. Engineering Department. Construction Division and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typescript (photocopy).

Book The Holland Tunnel  Land ventilation building  river ventilization building  interior land shafts  interior river shafts

Download or read book The Holland Tunnel Land ventilation building river ventilization building interior land shafts interior river shafts written by New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Holland Tunnel

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  • Author : New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission
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  • Release : 1927*
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  • Pages : 16 pages

Download or read book The Holland Tunnel written by New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission and published by . This book was released on 1927* with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission

Download or read book Report of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission written by New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: