IRT Interborough Rapid Transit / the New York City Subway: Its Design and Construction

IRT Interborough Rapid Transit / the New York City Subway: Its Design and Construction
Author: The Interborough Transit Company
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2007-06-20
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 143032550X

On October 27, 1904, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company opened the first subway in New York City. Running between City Hall and 145th Street at Broadway, the line was greeted with enthusiasm and, in some circles, trepidation. Created under the supervision of Chief Engineer S.L.F. Deyo, the arrival of the IRT foreshadowed the end of the "elevated" transit era on the island of Manhattan. The subway proved such a success that the IRT Co. soon achieved a monopoly on New York public transit. In 1940 the IRT and its rival the BMT were taken over by the City of New York. Today, the IRT subway lines still exist, primarily in Manhattan where they are operated as the "A Division" of the subway. Reprinted here is a special book created by the IRT, recounting the design and construction of the fledgling subway system. Originally created in 1904, it presents the IRT story with a flourish, and with numerous fascinating illustrations and rare photographs.

Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States

Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States
Author: United States Public Health Service
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1918
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States: For the Fiscal Year 1918 Sir: In accordance with the act of July 1, 1902, I have the honor to submit for transmission to Congress the following report of the operations of the Public Health Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918. This is the forty-seventh annual report of the service, covering the one hundred and twentieth year of its existence. The administrative organization of the bureau during the past fiscal year remained the same as in previous years. The following is a list of the divisions of the bureau through which the field work of the: service was conducted during the fiscal year. 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.

Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States, for the Fiscal Year 1912 (Classic Reprint)

Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States, for the Fiscal Year 1912 (Classic Reprint)
Author: United States Public Health Service
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1913
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States, for the Fiscal Year 1912 AN act To change the name of the Public Health and marine-hos ital Service to the Public Health Service, to increase the pay of officers of said service, an for other purposes. 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.

New York City Subway Trains

New York City Subway Trains
Author:
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 1586853244

Includes 12 easy-to-assemble punch-out train cars that are modeled after the historic trains in the collection of the New York Transit Museum.

Alone Together

Alone Together
Author: Elizabeth C. Cromley
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1990
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780801486135

Describes how the apartment building developed in the late nineteenth century and gradually achieved acceptance as middle-class housing in New York City.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: New York (State). Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Publisher:
Total Pages: 102
Release: 1976
Genre: Local transit
ISBN: