The Secret Subway

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From an acclaimed author and a New York Times Best Illustrated artist comes the fascinating, little known and true story of New York City s first subway New York City in the 1860s was a mess crowded, disgusting, filled with garbage You see, way back in 1860, there were no subways, just cobblestone streets That is, until Alfred Ely Beach had the idea for a fan powered train that would travel underground On February 26, 1870, after fifty eight days of drilling and painting and plastering, Beach unveiled his masterpiece and throngs of visitors took turns swooshing down the track The Secret Subway will wow readers, just as Beach s underground train wowed riders over a century ago. New Read [ The Secret Subway ] Author [ Shana Corey ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This amazing nonfiction picture book takes a look at New York in the 1860s and the lack of options for transportation on the crowded and dirty streets Everyone knew that something needed to be done, but no one could agree on exactly what that was Then Alfred Ely Beach had an idea to build a railroad powered by forced air Beach knew though that he couldn t propose to create a railroad under the streets, so instead he proposed that he d build a tube to carry mail Even Boss Tweed agreed with th This amazing nonfiction picture book takes a look at New York in the 1860s and the lack of options for transportation on the crowded and dirty streets Everyone knew that something needed to be done, but no one could agree on exactly what that was Then Alfred Ely Beach had an idea to build a railroad powered by forced air Beach knew though that he couldn t propose to create a railroad under the streets, so instead he proposed that he d build a tube to carry mail Even Boss Tweed agreed with the plan So Beach set to work creating a railroad to carry people and not mail But it was not going to be as easy as just building the machine He still had Boss Tweed and above ground politics to deal with Corey writes with great energy in this picture book While nonfiction and historical, the book is fascinating and ...I adore nonfiction stories that unearth forgotten secrets from history, and in the talented hands of Shana Corey, this one is particularly fascinating The book focuses on the dream of Alfred Ely Beach, a New Yorker, who, way back in the 1860s, hatched the idea of an underground train that would allow forefficient travel beneath the city s crowded streets Through a bit of trickery, engineering, and innovation, he pulled off the marvelous feat of building a track and train that wer...Forgotten engineering, steampunk pneumatic tubes, political machinations I love stories of grand efforts that get overlooked by history, and trains, so this would be a winner But then, the art the puppets, the sets, the costumes And excellent back matter Sadly my local library, like many, wraps the dust jacket in a milar paper cover which is then taped down, so I couldn t enj...Interesting bit of history of an early attempt to transport people underground at NYC Though it didn t generate sufficient interest or funding, it was a forgotten prototype of sorts for the later New York Cit...Cool story of a cool historical thing, cool illustrations, cool book.This is an exquisite non fiction picture book It may end up being one of my all time favorites, in fact Exciting, fascinating text with remarkable, detailed artwork by Red Nose Studio that you have to see to believe So much to explore and study, The Secret Subway demands to be read over and over.Who knew the first New York subway was designed and built by Alfred Ely Beach In the 1860s we re introduced to a filthy New York City, filled with garbage in the street After much THINKING and planning Alfred Ely Beach came up with the idea of an underground train run by pneumatic power to move people through the city comfortably After inventing the concept of using a large fan to power a train, digging a tunnel and designing an elegant train waiting room, his genius idea became a reality and Who knew the first New York subway was designed and built by Alfred Ely Beach In the 1860s we re introduced to a filthy New York City, filled with garbage in the street After much THINKING and planning Alfred Ely Beach came up with the idea of an underground train run by pneumatic power to move people through the city comfortably After inventing the concept...This was a fascinating look at Alfred Ely Beach s creation of New York City s first subway In order to get permission to build it, he said it was just going to use pneumatic tubes to carry mail however, he built a tunnel with a working subway Not surprisi...The story of Alfred Ely Beach s secret subway is a piece of NYC history.While this story is fascinating, it is quite wordy and did not hold my interest as I wished it would The mixed media illustrations are incredible My favorite spread is the second with a blue backgrounds and Vic...The story of New York s first subway is told with stunning claymation We hear about the congestion in the streets and how one person proposed a clever solution that was met with a lot of obstacles that proved to beimpenetrable than rock but still paved the way into what was possible The dustjacke...

The Secret Subway
  • 01 September 2018
  • ebook
  • 40 pages
  • 030797457X
  • Shana Corey
  • The Secret Subway