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1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 min. 21 sec.) ; 295116780 bytes |
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On the morning of January 8, 1902, a southbound commuter train travelling through a smoky, congested tunnel in New York City's Grand Central Depot slammed into the rear of another train, instantly killing seventeen people and injuring thirty-eight. The tragedy in New York that day, coupled with a self-taught engineer's innovative response to the crisis that ensued, ultimately gave birth to one of America's greatest architectural and technological monuments: Grand Central Terminal.On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at New York City's newest landmark. A marvel of engineering, architecture, and vision, the new Beaux Arts structure on 42nd Street housed an underground electric train station that would revolutionise the way people travelled and transform midtown Manhattan.Today, it remains one of New York and America's most famous spaces and a living monument to the nation's great railway age. (From the US) (Documentary) (G) CC |
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Broadcast 2011-09-09 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Eclecticism in architecture.
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Electric railroads -- Technological innovations.
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Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.)
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Local transit -- Buildings.
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Railroad accidents.
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New York (State)
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Streaming video
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Belle, John, contributor
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Eddy, Susan, contributor
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Goldberger, Paul, contributor
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Jonnes, Jill, contributor
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Klapwald, Boris, contributor
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Leighton, Maxinne, contributor
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Morton, Joe, cast
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Pappas, Charles, contributor
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Prial, Frank, contributor
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Schlichting, Kurt, contributor
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Stiles, T.J., contributor
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Wallace, Mike, contributor
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Wilson, Prima Soemijantoro, contributor
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