LEADER 04491nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910781553703321 005 20230725054256.0 010 $a0-8147-4504-0 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814745045 035 $a(CKB)2550000000074152 035 $a(EBL)865619 035 $a(OCoLC)774288831 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606411 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11413802 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606411 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582211 035 $a(PQKB)10187999 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323764 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865619 035 $a(OCoLC)833583327 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4885 035 $a(DE-B1597)548337 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814745045 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865619 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10517470 035 $a(OCoLC)880877470 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000074152 100 $a20110712d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHighway under the Hudson$b[electronic resource] $ea history of the Holland Tunnel /$fRobert W. Jackson 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-4299-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. The Impetus -- $t2. Vexing Questions -- $t3. A Coal Famine -- $t4. The Wedding Ring -- $t5. A Controversy Acute and Personal -- $t6. Political and Petty Tampering -- $t7. Another Long and Costly Delay -- $t8. A Tempest in a Teapot -- $t9. The Sandhogs -- $t10. The Holland Tunnel -- $t11. One Work Complete -- $t12. Fires, Blasts Rip Holland Tunnel -- $t13. Built to Last Forever -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aChoice'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 structure in the history of urban transportation. Jackson explains the economic forces which led to the need for the tunnel, and details the extraordinary political and social politicking that took place on both sides of the Hudson River to finally enable its construction. He also introduces us to important figures in the tunnel's history, such as New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge, who, more than anyone else, made the dream of a tunnel a reality and George Washington Goethals (builder of the Panama Canal and namesake of the Goethals Bridge), the first chief engineer of the project.Fully illustrated with more than 50 beautiful archival photographs and drawings, Jackson's story of the Holland Tunnel is one of great human drama, with heroes and villains, that illustrates how great things are accomplished, and at what price.Highway Under the Hudson featured in the New York TimesListen to Robert Jackson talk about the book on WAMC Radio 606 $aTunnels$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xDesign and construction$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCity planning$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aUrban transportation$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aHolland Tunnel (Jersey City, N.J., and New York, N.Y.)$xHistory 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xHistory$y1898-1951 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xEconomic conditions$y20th century 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xPolitics and government$y1898-1951 615 0$aTunnels$xDesign and construction$xHistory 615 0$aCity planning$xHistory 615 0$aUrban transportation$xHistory 676 $a388.4/11 686 $aZI 6505$2rvk 700 $aJackson$b Robert W$g(Robert Wendell),$f1950-$01538540 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781553703321 996 $aHighway under the Hudson$93788619 997 $aUNINA