The Beach Pneumatic Transit (1870-1912)
Channel: kbnyc
Date: 2023-05-14

*DISCLAIMER I KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE PNEUMATIC*

Hello all ! Welcome to my channel, where I will be uncovering and debunking mysteries that you guys would like me to solve. Let me know anything new you would like to see or if you know anything on the topic of this video: The Beach Pneumatic Transit. 

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:33 Alfred Ely Beach.
2:08 Frederick C. Beach.
3:05 American Institute Fair of 1867.
3:54 (1868) Beach introduces Joseph Dixon.
4:30 (1868) Pneumatic Dispatch.
6:27  (1869-1870).
8:52 How Pneumatic Transit Worked.
11:00 (1870) Beach Pneumatic Transit Opens.
12:57 (1870-1873) Beach tries to expand his idea.
16:00 (1873-1875) Beach tries to keep the company alive.
16:39 (1875-1878) Homer Fisher Rifle Store.
17:30 (1878) Beach Tunnel Sealed & 260 Broadway History 1878-1896.
18:19 (1896) Death of Alfred Ely Beach.
19:14 (1898)
19:38 (1898) The Fire @ 260 Broadway.
21:27 (1899-1900) Beach Tunnel rediscovered & resealed.
22:50  (1900-1912).
24:09 (1912) Beach Tunnel rediscovered again.
25:20 (1912-1915) Beach Tunnel Destroyed?
26:50 (1918-Present)
27:30 Could anything still exist?
29:00 (2023) My Visit to 258 Broadway 
29:59 What happened @ 258 Broadway during (1912-1915).
30:45 Evidence of possible Beach remains @ 258 Broadway.
32:10 Why I believe the Dixon cast iron entrance survived.
34:00 Warren St. corner vent footage
36:13 What are your thoughts ?
36:49 DISCLAIMER REGARDING 258 BROADWAY
37:16 End Credits/Thank You !

These are the great people who helped me make this video:

Joseph Brennan-"Beach Pneumatic"=Full Subway History & Everything there is to know 

https://web.archive.org/web/20151002040655/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beach/index.html

Abner Dumoff-"Pneumatic Transit"= Animation of riding BPT

OLD LINK:https://youtu.be/awRKZxSMsBw

https://vimeo.com/809227746

Vox-"The pneumatic tube's strange 150-year journey"=Pneumatic History
https://youtu.be/sd58w0CXQrM

My recent video visiting 258 Broadway:
https://youtu.be/0bLJFncU-s4

Thank you to nycrail community of Reddit and those who helped me gather this information.
Thank you to the nice people at 258 Broadway for allowing me to document the history of their building.