Boston in Transit
Autor Steven Beaucheren Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 mar 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780262048071
ISBN-10: 0262048078
Pagini: 592
Ilustrații: 942 colour illustrations
Dimensiuni: 269 x 289 x 35 mm
Greutate: 2.48 kg
Editura: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LLC
ISBN-10: 0262048078
Pagini: 592
Ilustrații: 942 colour illustrations
Dimensiuni: 269 x 289 x 35 mm
Greutate: 2.48 kg
Editura: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LLC
Notă biografică
Steven Beaucher is an architect and the cofounder and proprietor of WardMaps LLC, a retail store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in antique maps and public transportation artifacts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Cuprins
Preface vii
Introduction ix
1 Making Connections: Early Public Transportation for Boston 1
2 Unification and Electrification: Trolleys Take Hold 47
3 America's First Subway 81
4 Grand Terminals for Commuters 127
5 Rapid Transit Takes Shape 195
6 Pocket Maps and Transit Improvements in the Early Twentieth Century 289
7 Catching the Bus 339
8 The Rise and Fall of the MTA 391
9 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 421
List of Figures 567
Bibliography and Sources 569
Index 572
Introduction ix
1 Making Connections: Early Public Transportation for Boston 1
2 Unification and Electrification: Trolleys Take Hold 47
3 America's First Subway 81
4 Grand Terminals for Commuters 127
5 Rapid Transit Takes Shape 195
6 Pocket Maps and Transit Improvements in the Early Twentieth Century 289
7 Catching the Bus 339
8 The Rise and Fall of the MTA 391
9 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 421
List of Figures 567
Bibliography and Sources 569
Index 572