Highway under the Hudson : A History of the Holland Tunnel / Robert W. Jackson.
2011
TA820.N44 J33 2016
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Title
Highway under the Hudson : A History of the Holland Tunnel / Robert W. Jackson.
Author
Jackson, Robert W., author.
ISBN
9780814745045
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
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In English.
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10.18574/nyu/9780814742990.001.0001 doi
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TA820.N44 J33 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
388.411
Summary
Choice's Outstanding Academic Title list for 2013 "There is no comparable book on this tunnel. Highly recommended."-Choice ReviewsEvery 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 in Highway Under the Hudson: A History of the Holland Tunnel, Robert W. Jackson's fascinating story about this seminal structure in the history of urban transportation. Jackson explains the economic forces which led to the need for the tunnel, and details the extraordinary political and social politicking that took place on both sides of the Hudson River to finally enable its construction. He also introduces us to important figures in the tunnel's history, such as New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge, who, more than anyone else, made the dream of a tunnel a reality and George Washington Goethals (builder of the Panama Canal and namesake of the Goethals Bridge), the first chief engineer of the project.Fully illustrated with more than 50 beautiful archival photographs and drawings, Jackson's story of the Holland Tunnel is one of great human drama, with heroes and villains, that illustrates how great things are accomplished, and at what price.Highway Under the Hudson featured in the New York TimesListen to Robert Jackson talk about the book on WAMC Radio
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1. The Impetus
2. Vexing Questions
3. A Coal Famine
4. The Wedding Ring
5. A Controversy Acute and Personal
6. Political and Petty Tampering
7. Another Long and Costly Delay
8. A Tempest in a Teapot
9. The Sandhogs
10. The Holland Tunnel
11. One Work Complete
12. Fires, Blasts Rip Holland Tunnel
13. Built to Last Forever
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Introduction
1. The Impetus
2. Vexing Questions
3. A Coal Famine
4. The Wedding Ring
5. A Controversy Acute and Personal
6. Political and Petty Tampering
7. Another Long and Costly Delay
8. A Tempest in a Teapot
9. The Sandhogs
10. The Holland Tunnel
11. One Work Complete
12. Fires, Blasts Rip Holland Tunnel
13. Built to Last Forever
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author