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Crossing Under The Hudson
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Author : Angus Kress Gillespie
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2011-10-16
Crossing Under The Hudson written by Angus Kress Gillespie and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-16 with Social Science categories.
Crossing Under the Hudson takes a fresh look at the planning and construction of two key links in the transportation infrastructure of New York and New Jersey--the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. Writing in an accessible style that incorporates historical accounts with a lively and entertaining approach, Angus Kress Gillespie explores these two monumental works of civil engineering and the public who embraced them. He describes and analyzes the building of the tunnels, introduces readers to the people who worked there--then and now--and places the structures into a meaningful cultural context with the music, art, literature, and motion pictures that these tunnels, engineering marvels of their day, have inspired over the years. Today, when new concerns about global terrorism may trump bouts of simple tunnel tension, Gillespie's Crossing Under the Hudson continues to cast a light at the end of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels.
Crossing Under The Hudson
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Author : Angus K. Gillespie
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2011
Crossing Under The Hudson written by Angus K. Gillespie and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Social Science categories.
Crossing Under the Hudson takes a fresh look at the planning and construction of two key links in the transportation infrastructure of New York and New Jersey--the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. Writing in an accessible style that incorporates historical accounts with a lively and entertaining approach, Angus Kress Gillespie explores these two monumental works of civil engineering and the public who embraced them. He describes and analyzes the building of the tunnels, introduces readers to the people who worked there--then and now--and places the structures into a meaningful cultural context with the music, art, literature, and motion pictures that these tunnels, engineering marvels of their day, have inspired over the years. Today, when new concerns about global terrorism may trump bouts of simple tunnel tension, Gillespie's Crossing Under the Hudson continues to cast a light at the end of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels.
Crossing The Hudson
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Author : Donald Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2010-04-15
Crossing The Hudson written by Donald Wolf and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-15 with History categories.
Fog, tide, ice, and human error--before the American Revolution those who ventured to cross the vast Hudson Valley waterway did so on ferryboats powered by humans, animals, and even fierce winds. Before that war, not a single Hudson River bridge or tunnel had been built. It wasn't until Americans looked to the land in the fight for independence that the importance of crossing the river efficiently became a subject of serious interest, especially militarily. Later, the needs of a new transportation system became critical--when steam railroads first rolled along there was no practical way to get them across the water without bridges. Crossing the Hudson continues this story soon after the end of the war, in 1805, when the first bridge was completed. Donald E. Wolf simultaneously tracks the founding of the towns and villages along the water's edge and the development of technologies such as steam and internal combustion that demanded new ways to cross the river. As a result, innovative engineering was created to provide for these resources. From hybrid, timber arch, and truss bridges on stone piers to long-span suspension and cantilevered bridges, railroad tunnels, and improvements in iron and steel technology, the construction feats that cross the Hudson represent technical elegance and physical beauty. Crossing the Hudson reveals their often multileveled stories--a history of where, why, when, and how these structures were built; the social, political, and commercial forces that influenced decisions to erect them; the personalities of the planners and builders; the unique connection between a builder and his bridge; and the design and construction techniques that turned mythical goals into structures of utility and beauty.
Crossing The Hudson
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Author : Peter Jungk
language : en
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
Release Date : 2009-03-10
Crossing The Hudson written by Peter Jungk and has been published by Other Press, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-10 with Fiction categories.
Gustav Rubin, a fur dealer in Vienna, flies to New York to spend the summer with his wife and two young children in a lake house north of the city. When he arrives late at JFK, he is met by his opinionated, unrelenting mother, Rosa. They rent a car and set out for Lake Gilead. But Gustav loses his way, and son and mother end up on the wrong side of the river. Trying to find the right route north, they become trapped on the Tappan Zee Bridge in the traffic jam of all traffic jams–a truck transporting toxic chemicals has turned over–and Gustav and Mother remain gridlocked high above the Hudson River. Gustav begins to think of his beloved father, a renowned intellectual, now eleven months dead. Then, in a surprising, highly original twist worthy of Kafka, both Gustav and Mother see the body – “the colossal, golem-like fatherbody” – of Ludwig David Rubin floating naked in the waters below. Crossing the Hudson is a profound meditation on a Jewish family and its past, especially the lasting distorting effects on a son of a famous, vital father and a clinging, overwhelming mother, and of the differences between the generation of European intellectual refugees who arrived in the United States during the Second World War and the children of that generation.
Bulletin
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
Bulletin written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Geology categories.
Crossing Hudson
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Author : Mandy M. Roth
language : en
Publisher: Raven Happy Hour
Release Date : 2015-01-14
Crossing Hudson written by Mandy M. Roth and has been published by Raven Happy Hour this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-14 with Fiction categories.
Full-Length Paranormal Romance Beware of slayers in sheep’s clothing. Maryann “Ryan” Mackenzie was raised to be the perfect mate to a powerful alpha male, with the sole purpose of helping him resist his dark side. What better way to fight darkness than to make her emulate all that is goodness and light? That was before everything she loved was taken away from her. Sweet Maryann is dead and Ryan has emerged from her ashes, a slayer with one final task to complete. The last thing she needs is a hunky new Guardian getting in her way. Alpha male shifter Hudson Carver is many things, but a glorified babysitter isn’t one of them. When he’s summoned to take on a new charge, he’s less than pleased. She may be a slayer, but there’s a reason he’s been assigned as her Guardian. She’s got a whole heap of evil on her trail and he isn’t about to let one hair on her head be harmed—especially when he realizes who she is to him. His mate. Genre: urban fantasy, paranormal romance, shifter romance, wolf-shifter, fae, magic, dark, urban, hea, kick butt chick, vampire
Hudson River Bridges
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
Hudson River Bridges written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with Bridges categories.
Considers (74) S. 1645, (74) S. 3030.
Crossings Of The Hudson River
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Author : Source Wikipedia
language : en
Publisher: University-Press.org
Release Date : 2013-09
Crossings Of The Hudson River written by Source Wikipedia and has been published by University-Press.org this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Bridges over the Hudson River, Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, Gateway Project, Poughkeepsie Bridge, Access to the Region's Core, George Washington Bridge, NY Waterway, Tappan Zee Bridge, Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel, List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River, Bear Mountain Bridge, Newburgh-Beacon Ferry, Uptown Hudson Tubes, North River Tunnels, List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City, Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, Mid-Hudson Bridge, Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry, Maiden Lane Bridge, Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, Dunn Memorial Bridge, Livingston Avenue Bridge, Downtown Hudson Tubes, Green Island Bridge, Castleton Bridge, Patroon Island Bridge, Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge, Rip Van Winkle Bridge, Stillwater Bridge, Collar City Bridge, Menands Bridge, 112th Street Bridge, Troy-Waterford Bridge, Mechanicville Bridge, Schuylerville Bridge, Riparius Bridge, North Creek Bridge, The Glen Bridge, Thurman Station Bridge, Congress Street Bridge, Lists of crossings of the Hudson River. Excerpt: The Gateway Project is a proposed American rail expansion project to build a high-speed rail right-of-way and to alleviate the bottleneck along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) between Newark, New Jersey, and New York City. The project would create routing alternatives and add 25 train slots during peak periods to the current system used by Amtrak (AMTK) and New Jersey Transit (NJT). The project was unveiled in February 2011 after the 2010 cancellation of the somewhat similar Access to the Region's Core (ARC) project. It is planned to cost $13.5 billion and be completed in 2020. Amtrak has pledged $50 million for further engineering and planning studies, but additional financing has not been secured. The planned route parallels the current one crossing the New Jersey Meadowlands and the Hudson River between Newark Penn...
Empire On The Hudson
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Author : Jameson W. Doig
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2001-04-05
Empire On The Hudson written by Jameson W. Doig and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04-05 with History categories.
Revered and reviled in almost equal amounts since its inception, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been responsible for creating and maintaining much of New York and New Jersey's transportation infrastructure—the things that make the region work. Doig traces the evolution of the Port Authority from the battles leading to its creation in 1921 through its conflicts with the railroads and its expansion to build bridges and tunnels for motor vehicles. Chronicling the adroit maneuvers that led the Port Authority to take control of the region's airports and seaport operations, build the largest bus terminal in the nation, and construct the World Trade Center, Doig reveals the rise to power of one of the world's largest specialized regional governments. This definitive history of the Port Authority underscores the role of several key players—Austin Tobin, the obscure lawyer who became Executive Director and a true "power broker" in the bi-state region, Julius Henry Cohen, general counsel of the Port Authority for its first twenty years, and Othmar H. Ammann, the Swiss engineer responsible for the George Washington Bridge, the Bayonne and Goethels bridges, the Outerbridge Crossing, and the Lincoln Tunnel. Today, with public works projects stalled by community opposition in almost every village and city, the story of how the Port Authority managed to create an empire on the Hudson offers lessons for citizens and politicians everywhere.
Bridges Of The Mid Hudson Valley
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Author : Kathryn W. Burke
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2020-07-13
Bridges Of The Mid Hudson Valley written by Kathryn W. Burke and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-13 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Hudson River bridges, iconic structures of the New York State Bridge Authority, are the cornerstone of the Mid-Hudson Valley. Opened in 1924, the Bear Mountain Bridge was the first vehicular crossing of the Hudson River, south of Albany. Twentieth-century growth in the Hudson Valley can be traced to each bridge opening, the result of grassroot efforts by local residents. The Mid-Hudson Bridge, named for the region these bridges span, was designated an "Engineering Epic" following the tipping of the east caisson that delayed construction for a year while engineers and laborers struggled to right that caisson in the waters of the Hudson River. The plan for the Rip Van Winkle Bridge required the creation of the New York State Bridge Authority, when funding was otherwise impossible during the Great Depression. Three more bridges were built connecting remaining areas of the Mid-Hudson region. The last crossing became the "twin spans" of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, the New York State Bridge Authority's most traveled span. In 2010, the New York State Bridge Authority gained ownership of the bridge structure of the Walkway Over the Hudson, a pedestrian walkway built on the old Poughkeepsie Bridge, which opened for trains in 1889.