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✉️ The Lost Pneumatic Tube System at the NYSE

Long before fiber optics and wireless networks, bursts of compressed air kept Wall Street moving.

✉️ The Lost Pneumatic Tube System at the NYSE
Photos Courtesy of the New York Stock Exchange
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Uncover the New York Stock Exchange’s little‑known pneumatic tube system—an engineering marvel that powered communication for decades, on a recent episode of the Exchange's in-house podcast, featuring curator Dave D’Onofrio, archivist Anna Melo, and Untapped New York founder Michelle Young!

In this episode, listeners will discover how these whooshing cylinders carried orders, quotes, and messages through a sprawling underground network that linked traders, clerks, and floors in real time.

🎧 Listen here or watch a video version below!

Inside the ICE House is a podcast produced by the Intercontinental Exchange and recorded inside the Library of the New York Stock Exchange.

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