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wimagguc
3688 days ago
Fun fact, New York City's subway started out with a similar system (between 1870 and 1873, called the Beach Pneumatic Transit):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit
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grosun
3688 days ago
& London's Crystal palace pneumatic railway predated that by 6 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_pneumatic_railw...
Not a roaring success though!
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Not a roaring success though!