Secrets of NYC
✉️ The Lost Pneumatic Tube System at the NYSE
Long before fiber optics and wireless networks, bursts of compressed air kept Wall Street moving.
The bridge is named for the once-dangerous channel it bridges, derived from the Dutch word hellegat, which means “hell channel.”
New York City’s Hell Gate Bridge sits on the north end of the East River, between Astoria, Queens and
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