New York’s secret subway…blown up
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
NYC streets in the 1860s were filthy, bumpy, and fiercely crowded. Then an ingenious guy built a working demo of a wind-driven underground railroad…the first subway. But corruption let the air out of his idea.
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| 0:00.0 | New York City in the 1860s, yet traveled by horse or by foot, that's it. |
| 0:06.0 | Then, somebody builds an underground train precursor to subways using giant fans to literally blow you from station to station. |
| 0:15.0 | But then, a legendary political blowhard blows it up. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Patty Steele, New York City's secret subway, next on the backstory. |
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