Format:
Online-Ressource (XX, 432 p. 252 illus, digital)
ISBN:
9783642304842
Series Statement:
Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic 1
Content:
The Wheels That Drove New York tells the fascinating story of how a public transportation system helped transform a small trading community on the southern tip of Manhattan island to a world financial capital that is home to more than 8,000,000 people. From the earliest days of horse-drawn conveyances to the wonders of one of the world's largest and most efficient subways, the story links the developing history of the City itself to the growth and development of its public transit system. Along the way, the key role of played by the inventors, builders, financiers, and managers of the system are highlightedNew York began as a fur trading outpost run by the Dutch West India Company, established after the discovery and exploration of New York Harbor and its great river by Henry Hudson. It was eventually taken over by the British, and the magnificent harbor provided for a growing center of trade. Trade spurred industry, initially those needed to support the shipping industry, later spreading to various products for export. When DeWitt Clinton built the Erie Canal, which linked New York Harbor to the Great Lakes, New York became the center of trade for all products moving into and out of the mid-west.As industry grew, New York became a magnate for immigrants seeking refuge in a new land of opportunity. The City's population continued to expand. Both water and land barriers, however, forced virtually the entire population to live south of what is now 14th Street. Densities grew dangerously, and brought both disease and conflict to the poorer quarters of the Five Towns. To expand, the City needed to conquer land and water barriers, primarily with a public transportation system.By the time of the Civil War, the City was at a breaking point. The horse-drawn public conveyances that had provided all of the public transportation services since the 1820's needed to be replaced with something more effective and efficient. First came the elevated railroads, initially powered by steam engines. With the invention of electricity and the electric traction motor, the elevated's were electrified, and a trolley system emerged. Finally, in 1904, the City opened its first subway. From there, the City's growth to northern Manhattan and to the 'outer boroughs' of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx exploded.The Wheels That Drove New York takes us through the present day, and discusses the many challenges that the transit system has had to face over the years. It also traces the conversion of the system from fully private operations (through the elevated railways) to the fully public system that exists today, and the problems that this transformation has created along the way.
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Description based upon print version of record
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Title; Preface; Contents; Introduction to the NYC Transit System; The Transit System and the City; New York City Transit and Its People; A Transit Timeline for New York City; Closing Comments; An Overview of the History of New York: Discovery through the Civil War; Introduction; Henry Hudson's Voyage; The Dutch Era in New York; The English Era in New York; New York Approaches the Revolution; New York and the Revolution; New York - The First Capital of a New Nation; New York - 1800-1825; Hamilton and Burr; Early Days; Preparing the City for Growth
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New York, the Civil War, and the Industrial RevolutionThe Flood of Immigrants Begins; Birth of Print Media; The Immigrants and the Rise of Tammany Hall; The Financial Collapse of 1857; Central Park; The Civil War Approaches; New York Beyond the Civil War; References; Enabling Technologies; Tunneling; Mark Brunel's Tunneling Shield and the Thames Tunnel; Barlow and Greathead's Tower Tunnel; Modern Tunneling Shields; Other Tunneling Systems; The Steam Engine; The First Steam Devices - Hero of Alexandria; Thomas Savery's Steam "Fire Engine"; Thomas Newcomen and the "Atmospheric Engine"
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James Watt and the Condensing Steam EngineSteam Locomotives; Electricity; The Electric Traction Motor; Technologies Converge; References; The Beginnings of Public Transportation in New York: Omnibuses and Street Railways; Early Transit Forms: Stagecoaches and Hackney Carriages; The Introduction of Omnibus Services; The Street Railways; The Age-Old Problem of Traffic Congestion; Regulation; References; The Age of Trolleys; Introduction; What's in a Name?; The Beginnings of Electric Streetcars; The Power of the Franchise; The Trolleys of Manhattan and the Bronx; Corporate History
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Trolley Lines after the Metropolitan FailureA Sampling of Manhattan/Bronx Trolley Cars; The End Is Here; Trolleys in Brooklyn and Queens; Corporate History; The Trolleys of Brooklyn and Queens; Over the Rivers; The Trolley-Bus in Brooklyn; Onward; References; To "El" and Back: The Era of the Elevated Railroad; A City in Need; A Flood of Proposals, Great and Small; Prelude to Chaos: Hugh B. Willson's Subway Plan; Charles T. Harvey and the Ninth Avenue El; The System Begins; Jay Gould and Black Friday; The Elevated Fails; Reorganization and Conversion to Steam Power
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Dr. Rufus Henry Gilbert and the Gilbert ElevatedGilbert's Vision and Plan; The Husted Act of 1875 and the Rapid Transit Commission; Gilbert Loses His Elevated; The Manhattan Railway and Completion of the Elevated System; The 6th Avenue and 9th Avenue Els Move Northward; The 3rd Avenue El; The 2nd Avenue El; Jay Gould and the Hijack of the Elevateds; Elevated Railways in the Bronx; An El Grows in Brooklyn; The Coney Island Resorts and Attractions; The Coney Island Railroads; Brooklyn Elevateds; The BRT Emerges; Electrification; The Ideas Keep Coming; The Age of Subways Dawns; Impacts
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References
Additional Edition:
9783642304835
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Roess, Roger P. The wheels that drove New York Berlin : Springer, 2013 9783642304835
Additional Edition:
3642304834
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
New York, NY
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Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr
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Geschichte
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-30484-2
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