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February 3, 2010
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mknell: Today’s New York City history fun fact: The remains of New York’s first “subway”, Beach Pneumatic Transit, are discovered and removed in the building of the BMT Broadway Line station at City Hall (today’s N / R / W) of the NYC Subway system in 1912.  Beach’s line ran 312 feet, from Warren St and Broadway to Broadway and Murray street, using air as it’s propulsion system.  Beach himself was inventor and editor of Scientific American and enjoyed actually field testing some of the technology that appeared within it.  It’s also a great story of innovation despite New York’s patronage filled Tammany Hall system. More about Beach’s Pneumatic Transit Beach’s here and here. Approximate route via Google Maps here. (Photo via LIFE Magazine)

mknell:

Today’s New York City history fun fact:

The remains of New York’s first “subway”, Beach Pneumatic Transit, are discovered and removed in the building of the BMT Broadway Line station at City Hall (today’s N / R / W) of the NYC Subway system in 1912.  Beach’s line ran 312 feet, from Warren St and Broadway to Broadway and Murray street, using air as it’s propulsion system.  Beach himself was inventor and editor of Scientific American and enjoyed actually field testing some of the technology that appeared within it.  It’s also a great story of innovation despite New York’s patronage filled Tammany Hall system.

More about Beach’s Pneumatic Transit Beach’s here and here. Approximate route via Google Maps here.

(Photo via LIFE Magazine)
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