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Submitted by Breezy Carver on October 12, 2011 - 8:58am
Rufus Gilbert, a Civil War physician, turned to trains after the war and dreamt up an imaginative pneumatic system, to zip passengers above the city in Gothic-themed arches. Gilbert was given the go-ahead to construct this oddity, but the love for steam and a financial crisis transformed the idea into a steam elevated line instead.
http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-yorks-elevated-railroads-journey-to.html
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i've been wanting to put that over one of the canals.
aww Now that would be wicked Cool :)
tiny voice ... i would love to see similar material used on that cough cough tram thing of AE
/me warm smile