Underground Philadelphia : from caves and canals to tunnels and transit / Harry Kyriakodis & Joel Spivak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kyriakodis, Harry.

Contributor:

Spivak, Joel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underground areas--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Underground areas.

Underground architecture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Underground architecture.

Centennial Exhibition.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : HISTORY Press, 2019.

Contents:

Caves along the waterfriont of William Penn's Quaker colony

Major underground streams, canals and sewers around the city

Supplyimg Philadelphia with water and high-pressure fire service

Center City's gas and steam infrastructure

Connecting Philadelphia with electricity, telephone, and cable television service

The Pennsylvania Railroad, Broad Street Station, and the Philadelphia improvements

Reading Railroad Company and Reading Terminal

Philly's commuter rail tunnel (the "Center City Commuter Connection)

The Reading Viaduct, the City Subway Branch, the Pennsylvania Avenue Subway and tunnel, and Fairmount Park Tunnel

PRT, PTC, SEPTA, and the subway-surface routes (Green lines)

The El: Market-Frankford Elevated (Blue Line)

The Broad Street Subway and the Broad-Ridge Spur (Orange lines)

The PATCO Hi-Speedline and the Eighth Street and Locust Street Tunnels

Subways that were never built in the Quaker City

Franklin's Tunnels, the Underground Railroad, and other downtown subterranean passages

John Wanamaker's pneumatic Philadelphia

The Dock Creek caper and Willie Sutton's escape

Digging up graves in Center City: Philly archaeology.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.

ISBN:

1625859732

9781625859730

OCLC:

1053571779

Publisher Number:

99980819713