num_pages: 384
description: Traces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, in a narrative account that describes how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption, the machinations of labor agitators, and the forces of nature in order to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.
language: English
title: Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
titlecomplete: Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
genres: History, Trains, Politics, American History, Engineering, New York, Cities, Nonfiction, Transport, Architecture
ratings_count: 774
publisher: Viking Adult