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Pennsylvania Tunnel excavation / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- New York at the turn of the century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.).
- Construction equipment--New York (State)--New York.
- Construction equipment.
- Construction workers--New York (State)--New York.
- Construction workers.
- Excavation--New York (State)--New York.
- Excavation.
- Narrow gauge railroads--New York (State)--New York.
- Narrow gauge railroads.
- Tunneling--New York (State)--New York.
- Tunneling.
- Underground construction--New York (State)--New York.
- Underground construction.
- New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- This film employs a 180-degree pan shot of the excavation site of New York's Pennsylvania Station, and includes shots of the narrow-gauge train used to haul debris from the tunnels under construction. Work began in 1904, and when completed in September of 1910 the station would span from 31st to 33rd Streets, and from 7th to 8th Avenue, an area of approximately 300,000 square feet. It would connect a massive rail tunnel system, bringing the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Railroads under the Hudson River and the Long Island Railroad under the East River to a terminal in the center of Manhattan, accommodating a network of twenty-seven tracks.
- Notes:
- Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 30Aug1905; H65053.
- Original duration: 3:22 at 15 fps.
- Previously published as DVD.
- OCLC:
- 701797941
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