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.
This is the 96th Street substation. It was built in 1904 as part of New York’s first subway, the
According to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the vote to designate the power station was unanimous. The decision clears a 41-year-old
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