Crossing Under the Hudson
The Story of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels
Rutgers University Press · Print & ebook · October 16, 2011
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- Who it’s for
- Explore two Hudson River tunnels through their construction, workers, public, and cultural context.
- Themes
- Tunnel construction history, Civil engineering, Cultural influence of infrastructure
- Genres
- Transport Engineering, Middle Atlantic History, 20th-Century America
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Crossing Under the Hudson takes a fresh look at the planning and construction of two key links in the transportation infrastructure of New York and New Jersey--the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. Writing in an accessible style that incorporates historical accounts with a lively and entertaining approach, Angus Kress Gillespie explores these two monumental works of civil engineering and the public who embraced them.
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He describes and analyzes the building of the tunnels, introduces readers to the people who worked there--then and now--and places the structures into a meaningful cultural context with the music, art, literature, and motion pictures that these tunnels, engineering marvels of their day, have inspired over the years. Today, when new concerns about global terrorism may trump bouts of simple tunnel tension, Gillespie's Crossing Under the Hudson continues to cast a light at the end of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels.
Holland and Lincoln
Explore two Hudson River tunnels through their construction, workers, public, and cultural context.
Come here for
- Planning and construction of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels
- The people who worked on the tunnels, then and now
Expect
- Historical accounts of the tunnels’ engineering
- Connections to music, art, literature, and motion pictures
Where it sits
| Middle Atlantic History | 40% |
|---|---|
| Transport Engineering | 39% |
| 20th-Century America | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Urban Life
- Authors
- Angus Kress Gillespie
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Published
- October 16, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Tunnel construction history · Civil engineering · Cultural influence of infrastructure
- Reading lane
- Urban Life