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Highway under the Hudson : A History of the Holland Tunnel

ISBN: 9780814742990 | 0814742998

Format: Hardcover
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 12/1/2011

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Summary Table of Contents

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 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 inHighway under the Hudson: A History of the Holland Tunnel, Robert W. Jackson's fascinating story about this seminal structure in the history of urb... MORE

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Introduction	p. 1
The Impetus	p. 9
Vexing Questions	p. 22
A Coal Famine	p. 41
The Wedding Ring	p. 63
A Controversy Acute and Personal	p. 85
Political and Petty Tampering	p. 102
Another Long and Costly Delay	p. 117
A Tempest in a Teapot	p. 132
The Sandhogs	p. 149
The Holland Tunnel	p. 165
One Work Complete	p. 180
Fires, Blasts Rip Holland Tunnel	p. 193
Built to Last Forever	p. 211
Acknowledgments	p. 225
Notes	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 253
Index	p. 257
About the Author	p. 266
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