Williamsburg Regional Library

The rise and fall of Penn Station

Label
The rise and fall of Penn Station
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The rise and fall of Penn Station
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
866951033
Runtime
60
Summary
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad, led by the company's president, Alexander Cassatt, successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East Rivers, connecting the railroad to New York and eventually, via the Hell Gate Bridge, to New England, knitting together the entire eastern half of the United States. But just fifty-three years after the station's opening, the unthinkable happened
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Rise & fall of Penn Station
Classification
Film distributor
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