Author: Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The New York Passenger Terminal and Improvements of the Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroads
Author: Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The New York Passenger Terminal and Inmprovements of the Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroads
Author: Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
The New York Passenger Terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad (Under Construction)
Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260975713
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Excerpt from The New York Passenger Terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad (Under Construction): Brief Description of the Main Features of the Engineering Work, Prepared for the Use of Members of the American Society of Civil Engineers, on the Occasion of Their Visit to the Terminal Site at the Annual Meeting in New York, January, 1908 This terminal is to serve the Pennsylvania Rail road, which approaches from the west under the Hudson River, and the Long Island Railroad, which approaches from the east under the East River. The preparation of this site included the demoli tion of several hundred buildings. It practically meant the dispersion of a community whose population would be the equivalent of some of our smaller cities. The work of_ excavation called for the removal of nearly cubic yards of material, mostly rock, and the construction of about one and one-half miles of heavy concrete retaining walls. The prosecution of the work necessitated the supporting of streets, including three main north and south avenues carrying the City's heaviest traffic; the Closing up of Thirty-second Street between Seventh and Tenth Avenues; the removal, care and support of miles of water, gas and fire mains; telegraph, telephone, electric light, police and fire alarm wires. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The New York Passenger Terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad (Under Construction)
Author: UNKNOWN. AUTHORPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330140611
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Excerpt from The New York Passenger Terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad (Under Construction): Brief Description of the Main Features of the Engineering Work, Prepared for the Use of Members of the American Society of Civil Engineers, on the Occasion of Their Visit to the Terminal Site at the Annual Meeting in New York, January, 1908 The project consists of the creation of a great passenger terminal, occupying the equivalent of about six city blocks, between Sixth and Tenth Avenues and Thirty-third and Thirty-third Streets, near the center of the shopping and theater district of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, with tracks at a level about forty-five feet below the streets, and the erection of an immense passenger station building between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, covering about eight acres and located over the track area. This terminal is to serve the Pennsylvania Railroad, which approaches from the west under the Hudson River, and the Long Island Railroad, which approaches from the east under the East River. The preparation of this site included the demolition of several hundred buildings. It practically meant the dispersion of a community whose population would be the equivalent of some of our smaller cities. The work of excavation called for the removal of nearly 3,000,000 cubic yards of material, mostly rock, and the construction of about one and one-half miles of heavy concrete retaining walls. The prosecution of the work necessitated the supporting of streets, including three main north and south avenues carrying the city's heaviest traffic; the closing up of Thirty-second Street between Seventh and Tenth Avenues; the removal, care and support of miles of water, gas and fire mains; telegraph, telephone, electric light, police and fire alarm wires. The grade of the tracks at the station site is from 7 to 10 feet below mean high water in the harbor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad, New York Terminal
Author: Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island Railroad CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
New Yorks Pennsylvania Stations
Author: Hilary BallonPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393730784
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book recounts the heroic story of a public landmark: the masterpiece by McKim, Mead & White that opened in 1910, its tragic demolition in the 1960s, and the dazzling new station by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, due to open in 2005.".
The New York Improvement and Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Author: Pennsylvania RailroadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Poor's Manual of Railroads
Author: The Engineering Index
Author: John Butler JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1266
Book Description
Long Island Rail Road Stations
Author: David D. MorrisonPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439628688
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Chartered in 1834 to provide a route between New York City and Boston, the Long Island Rail Road ran from the Brooklyn waterfront through the center of Long Island to Greenport. The railroad served the agricultural market on Long Island until branches and competing lines eventually developed on the north and south shores of the island and several hundred passenger stations were built. After Penn Station was opened in 1910, the number of passengers commuting between Manhattan and Long Island began to multiply. Today, one hundred twenty-five stations serve the Long Island Rail Road. Long Island Rail Road Stations contains vintage postcards of the old Penn Station, which was demolished in the mid-1960s; the Grand Stairway at the Forest Hills Station, where Theodore Roosevelt delivered his famous unification speech on July 4, 1917; and the Amagansett station building, where Nazi spies boarded a train bound for New York City on June 13, 1942. Many of the historic stations featured in this book have been preserved by local preservation groups, while others have been replaced with modern buildings to accommodate the passengers who commute on the nation's largest commuter railroad.