Report of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission to the Senate and General Assembly of New Jersey
Author: New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 160
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 160
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: New Jersey. Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 136
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Published: 1920
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 30
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ann Marie T. Cammarota
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780838638811
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Although it focuses on the local nature of the development, it draws comparisons to the similarities and differences of other locales across the country, and stresses the primary significance of new methods of transportation to suburban expansion.".
Author: New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert W. Jackson
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2011-12
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0814742998
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Every year, more than thirty-three million vehicles traverse the Holland Tunnel, making their way 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, Robert W. Jackson's story about this seminal structure in the history of urban transportation. In this meticulously researched work, Jackson provides the first complete history of the planning, financing and construction of the Holland Tunnel. Dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World" when it opened in 1927, the Holland Tunnel was the longest vehicular tunnel in the world st the time of its construction. In Highway under the Hudson, 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 enable its construction. He 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; George Washington Goethals (builder of the Panama Canal and namesake of the Goethals bridge), the first chief engineer of the project; engineers Ole Singstad, who designed the ventilation system, and Clifford Holland, the chief engineer for whom the tunnel is named; New Jersey Bridge and Tunnel commissioners Thomas Albeus Adams and John F. Boyle, who tried to profit from the tunnel's construction; Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague, who blocked completion of the tunnel until the New York Bridge and Tunnel Commission agreed to pay for street improvements in his city; and the compressed-air workers (called "sandhogs") who risked their lives to build the tunnel. Fully illustrated with more than 50 beautiful 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.
Author: New Jersey. Legislature. General Assembly
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 1504
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