Category:Beach Pneumatic Transit
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English: The Beach Pneumatic Transit was an experimental atmospheric railway and the first attempt to build an underground public transit system in New York City. It was invented by Alfred Ely Beach and built in 1870.
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Media in category "Beach Pneumatic Transit"
The following 24 files are in this category, out of 24 total.
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Alfred Ely Beach portrait, NYC subway.png 617 × 942; 879 KB
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Beach Pneumatic plan.jpg 1,936 × 1,764; 1.22 MB
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Beach Pneumatic Transit 01.jpg 680 × 669; 230 KB
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General design for stations - Broadway Underground Railway LCCN2006677426.tif 1,536 × 1,218; 1.79 MB
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La Nature - 1874 - S1 - p028 - Le tube intérieur d'un wagon.png 644 × 748; 120 KB
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London Pneumatic Despatch Company, packages delivery system.jpg 485 × 727; 125 KB
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Pneumatic Dispatch - Figure 7.png 4,975 × 2,361; 625 KB
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WP Beach Pneumatic Transit.jpg 1,024 × 907; 356 KB
Categories:
- Pneumatic tube transport
- Atmospheric railways
- Rail transport in New York City
- Historic rapid transit in the United States
- Subterranean rapid transit
- 1870 in rail transport in the United States
- Warren Street (Manhattan)
- Murray Street (Manhattan)
- Structures in Lower Manhattan
- Alfred Ely Beach
- Civic Center, Manhattan