Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic
Subtitle: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: April 19, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780670031580
Subjects: Railroads; Specific Public Buildings Architecture; Transportation; History - U.S; Railroads - History; United States - 20th Century (1900-1945); United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic; History / United States / 20th Century; History: American; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; 20th century; Historic buildings; History; New York; New York (State); Railroad stations; Tunneling
Description: Traces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, describing how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption and the forces of nature to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.