Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Impetus; 2 Vexing Questions; 3 A Coal Famine; 4 The Wedding Ring; 5 A Controversy Acute and Personal; 6 Political and Petty Tampering; 7 Another Long and Costly Delay; 8 A Tempest in a Teapot; 9 The Sandhogs; 10 The Holland Tunnel; 11 One Work Complete; 12 Fires, Blasts Rip Holland Tunnel; 13 Built to Last Forever; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author; Illustrations.
Summary
Every year, more than thirty-three million vehicles traverse the Holland Tunnel, making their way to and from Jersey City and Lower Manhattan. From tourists to commuters, many cross the tunnel's 1.6-mile corridor on a daily basis, and yet few know much about this amazing feat of early 20th-century engineering. How was it built, by whom, and at what cost? These and many other questions are answered in Highway Under the Hudson: A History of the Holland Tunnel, Robert W. Jackson's fascinating story about this seminal structure in the history of urban transportation. Jackson explains the economic.
