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Robert W. Jackson

Highway Under the Hudson: A History of the Holland Tunnel

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Choice's Outstanding Academic Title list for 2013 There is no comparable book on this tunnel. Highly recommended.—Choice ReviewsEvery year, more than thirty-three million vehicles traverse the Holland Tunnel, making their way to and from Jersey City and Lower Manhattan. From tourists to commuters, many cross the tunnel's 1.6-mile corridor on a daily basis, and yet few know much about this amazing feat of early 20th-century engineering. How was it built, by whom, and at what cost? These and many other questions are answered in Highway Under the Hudson: A History of the Holland Tunnel, Robert W. Jackson's fascinating story about this seminal s… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-8147-4299-0
  • EAN: 9780814742990
  • Produktnummer: 11358678
  • Verlag: New York Univ Pr
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 266 S.
  • Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.4 cm x D2.8 cm 623 g
  • Gewicht: 623

Über den Autor


Robert W. Jackson is an urban planner and historian, and previously served as a historian for the Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, where he documented historic bridges and highways in Texas, Iowa and Pennsylvania. He holds a PhD in American Civilization from University of Texas, and is the author of Rails across the Mississippi: A History of the St. Louis Bridge. He currently lives in Austin, Texas.

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