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BL
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1044660
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b799030
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| Main Entry
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Reis, Ronald A.
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| Title & Author
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The New York City subway system /\ by Ronald A. Reis.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Chelsea House,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Building America : then and now
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| Page. NO
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136 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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1604130466
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: 9781604130461
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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City streets -- An audacious plan -- Beneath the surface -- Outward bound -- Subway carnage -- Consolidation -- Nervous breakdown -- Subway renaissance.
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| Abstract
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Presents a history of the New York City subway system, detailing its origins, construction, maintenance, and major events such as the Malbone Street Wreck of 1918.
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Subways-- New York (State)-- New York-- History, Juvenile literature.
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Transportation-- New York (State)-- New York-- History, Juvenile literature.
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Urban transportation-- United States-- History, Juvenile literature.
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Subways-- New York (State)-- New York-- History.
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Urban transportation-- United States-- History.
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Local transit-- History.-- United States.
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Subways-- History.-- New York (N.Y.)
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Subways.
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Transportation.
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Urban transportation.
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New York (N.Y.), Transportation, History.
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New York (State), New York.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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388.4/28097471
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| LC Classification
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TF847.N5R45 2009
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| NLM classification
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U231clc
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