The race underground : Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway
In the late nineteenth century, as cities grew more congested, the streets became clogged with plodding horse-drawn carts. When the great Blizzard of 1888 crippled the Northeast, a solution had to be found. Two brothers from a prominent family--Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and William Collins Whitney of New York--each pursued the dream of his city digging the first American subway, and the race was on. The competition played out in an era not...
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