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722 Miles : The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York
722 Miles The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York
Author: Clifton Hood
When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue -- the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND or Independent Subway line in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles -- long enough to reach from N...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801880544
ISBN-10: 0801880548
Publication Date: 7/13/2004
Pages: 352
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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