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Identifier: hudsonmanhattant00durs (find matches)
Title: Hudson & Manhattan tunnels : uniting New York and New Jersey in picture and story.
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC
Subjects: Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company Tunnels
Publisher: New York : American Photograph Co.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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This is the Hudson Terminal Buildings, wherein are located the stations of the south twin tubes THE HUDSON AND MANHATTAN TUNNELS HE STORY OF TUXXELS such as the McAdoo Tunnels, passing under theHudson river between Xew York and New Jersey, is not without interest,even to the lay mind, which cares nothing for the whys or wherefores ofthings engineering so long as they cost them not a moment of worry, nora penny in treasure, but afford the relief they have so often entertainedin their rosiest of dreams. A Universal Need. Xovel experiences are constantly sought, newemotions ever desired. The hindrances of surface transportation andtraffic hold no fascination or magnetism for the romantic soul; the delays and uncertain-ties of surface congestion present no allurements to the busy traveler. And so it cameto pass that tunnels became a necessity; almost a rage with busy workers in the hivesof industry in the great American metropolis, and now have become necessary channelsof communication be

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