DVD
The race underground
Languages
In English, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Narrated by Michael Murphy.
Publication Information
[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 60 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
In the late 19th century, as America's teeming cities grew increasingly congested, the time had come to replace the nostalgic horse-drawn trolleys with a faster, cleaner, safer, and more efficient form of transportation. Ultimately, it was Boston, a city of so many firsts that overcame a litany of engineering challenges, the greed-driven interests of businessmen, and the great fears of its citizenry to construct America's first subway.
Notes
Title from container.
"Subtitles are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--Container.
Based in part on the book The race underground : Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America's first subway by Doug Most.
Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2017.
Subjects
- Subways > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
- Subways > United States > History.
- Subways > United States > Design and construction > Case studies.
- Urban transportation > United States > Case studies.
- Competition > United States > Case studies.
- Boston (Mass.) > History > 19th century.
- Whitney, Henry Melville, 1839-1923.
- Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904.
- Sprague, Frank J. (Frank Julian), 1857-1934.