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ISBN10: 0823224015, ISBN13: 9780823224012, [publisher: Fordham University, New York] Softcover First Edition Fordham University Press 2004, stated First softbound edition (1-10) Softbound in illustrated glossy paper wraps, 8 1/2" x 11", 150 pages No jacket, as issued There is a three line note written in the upper right hand corner of the first free end paper otherwise the book is in fine condition with sharp corners, un-creased spine and covers, tight binding and very clean inside and out. Intro by Brian Cudahy. Many old photos illustrate the subway, it's construction and equipment. [Wexford, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
Fordham University Press, Date: 2004. Very Good. . The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment. Cudahy, Brian J.. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 2004. Reprint of 1904 edition. 150pp. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. 2004. Fordham University Press ISBN 0823224015 US
Fordham University Press, Date: 2004. Very Good. . The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment. Cudahy, Brian J.. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 2004. Reprint of 1904 edition. 150pp. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. 2004. Fordham University Press ISBN 0823224015 9780823224012 [US]
ISBN10: 0823224015, ISBN13: 9780823224012, [publisher: Fordham University Press, New York, NY] Softcover Very good. Edges lightly rubbed [Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
ISBN10: 0823224015, ISBN13: 9780823224012, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover This complete facsimile of the 1904 edition originally published by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company to commemorate the opening of New York's first subway line has been updated with a new introduction by Brian Cudahy. From the perspective of both urban history and the history of transportation, this book is an important primary source. Num Pages: 150 pages, photographs, drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; TRF; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 282 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 468. . 2004. 2nd Edition. paperback. . . . . [Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2004]
ISBN10: 0823224015, ISBN13: 9780823224012, [publisher: Fordham University Press, New York] Softcover Paperback. First published in October 1904 by the Interborough Rapid Transit Corporation, the company that built New York's first underground railway, this unique facsimile edition is a lavishly illustrated guide to one of the century's greatest engineering feats. Here, in twelve detailed chapters, are the routes, stations, and tracks, the rolling stock, signal systems, and electric supply stations of the new subway that ran under the streets of Manhattan and the Bronx. Beautifully reproduced photographs, maps, line drawings, and other illustrations complement the text, written by the IRT's own engineers. This complete facsimile of the 1904 edition originally published by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company to commemorate the opening of New York's first subway line has been updated with a new introduction by Brian Cudahy. From the perspective of both urban history and the history of transportation, this book is an important primary source. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. [Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]
ISBN10: 0823224015, ISBN13: 9780823224012, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is a complete facsimile of the 1904 edition originally published by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company to commemorate the opening of New York's first subway line. From the perspective of both urban history and the history of transportation, this book is an important primary source.Building the city's first subway in the early years of the twentieth century required delicate collaboration between public and private interests and called for the expenditure of considerable sums of both public and private money. The book introduces us to Abram S. Hewitt, a late nineteenth-century mayor of New York City. It was Hewitt who realized that, while private capital alone had been perfectly adequate for building elevated rapid transit lines in New York as early as the 1870s, the more costly construction of underground rapid transit lines was far beyond the ability of private corporations to finance. Hewitt set in motion a chain of events that sanctioned the use of public funds for subway construction, with the completed facility then to be leased to a private company for day-to-day operation.The private firm that emerged, both to build and to operate the first subway in New York, was called the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, a name that would later be rendered more crisply as the IRT. The City of New York ...
ISBN10: 0823224015, ISBN13: 9780823224012, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover This complete facsimile of the 1904 edition originally published by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company to commemorate the opening of New York's first subway line has been updated with a new introduction by Brian Cudahy. From the perspective of both urban history and the history of transportation, this book is an important primary source. Num Pages: 150 pages, photographs, drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; TRF; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 282 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 468. . 2004. 2nd Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
ISBN10: 0823224015, ISBN13: 9780823224012, [publisher: Fordham University Press] Softcover Like New [Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]
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