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Crossing Under the Hudson

The Story of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels

By: Angus Kress Gillespie

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Crossing Under the Hudson

The Story of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels

By: Angus Kress Gillespie

Crossing Under the Hudson takes a fresh look at the planning and construction of two key links in the transportation infrastructure of New York and New Jersey--the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. Writing in an accessible style that incorporates historical accounts with a lively and entertaining approach, Angus Kress Gillespie explores these two monumental works of civil engineering and the public who embraced them. He describes and analyzes the building of the tunnels, introduces readers to the people who worked there--then and now--and places the structures into a meaningful cultural context with the music, art, literature, and motion pictures that these tunnels, engineering marvels of their day, have inspired over the years. Today, when new concerns about global terrorism may trump bouts of simple tunnel tension, Gillespie's Crossing Under the Hudson continues to cast a light at the end of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813550831

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9780813550831

Crossing Under the Hudson

The Story of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels

By: Angus Kress Gillespie

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Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

By: Angus Kress Gillespie

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Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

By: Angus Kress Gillespie

Container shipping is a vital part of the global economy. Goods from all around the world, from vegetables to automobiles, are placed in large metal containers which are transported across the ocean in ships, then loaded onto tractor-trailers and railroad flatbeds. But when and where did this world-changing invention get started? This fascinating study traces the birth of containerization to Port Newark, New Jersey, in 1956 when trucker Malcom McLean thought of a brilliant new way to transport cargo. It tells the story of how Port Newark grew rapidly as McLean’s idea was backed by both New York banks and the US military, who used containerization to ship supplies to troops in Vietnam. Angus Gillespie takes us behind the scenes of today’s active container shipping operations in Port Newark, talking to the pilots who guide the ships into port, the Coast Guard personnel who help manage the massive shipping traffic, the crews who unload the containers, and even the chaplains who counsel and support the mariners. Port Newark shines a spotlight on the unsung men and women who help this complex global shipping operation run smoothly. Since McLean's innovation, Port Newark has expanded with the addition of the nearby Elizabeth Marine Terminal. This New Jersey complex now makes up the busiest seaport on the East Coast of the United States. Some have even called it “America’s Front Door.” The book tells the story of the rapid growth of worldwide containerization, and how Port Newark has adapted to bigger ships with deeper channels and a raised bridge. In the end, there is speculation of the future of this port with ever-increasing automation, artificial intelligence, and automation.

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Rutgers University Press

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1978818726

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9781978818729

Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike, Second Edition

By: Angus Kress Gillespie,Michael Aaron Rockland

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Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike, Second Edition

By: Angus Kress Gillespie,Michael Aaron Rockland

A twelve-lane behemoth cutting through the least scenic parts of the Garden State, the New Jersey Turnpike may lack the romantic allure of highways like Route 66, but it might just be a more accurate symbol of American life, representing the nation at both its best and its worst. When Angus Gillespie and Michael Rockland wrote Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1989, they simply wanted to express their fascination with a road that many commuters regarded with annoyance or indifference. Little did they expect that it would be hailed as a classic, listed by the state library alongside works by Whitman and Fitzgerald as one of the ten best books ever written about New Jersey or by a New Jerseyan. Now Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike is back in a special updated and expanded edition, examining how this great American motorway has changed over the past thirty-five years. You’ll learn how the turnpike has become an icon inspiring singers and poets. And you’ll meet the many people it has affected, including the homeowners displaced by its construction, the highway patrol and toll-takers who work on it, and the drivers who speed down its lanes every day.

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Rutgers University Press

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1978836007

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9781978836006

Twin Towers

The Life of New York City's World Trade Center

By: Angus K. Gillespie

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Twin Towers

The Life of New York City's World Trade Center

By: Angus K. Gillespie

This is a unique history that covers the complete life of the Twin Towers: the sky-high hopes during their planning and construction, the years during which they stood at the pinnacle of the Manhattan skyline, their symbolic meaning to the city, the nation, and the world-and, in a new chapter written for this edition, their heartbreaking demise on September 11, 2001. The New York Times bestseller-now with photographs and a new updated chapter.

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Thorndike Press

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0783897855

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9780783897851

Twin Towers

The Life of New York City's World Trade Center

By: Angus K. Gillespie

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Twin Towers

The Life of New York City's World Trade Center

By: Angus K. Gillespie

Examines the World Trade Center as an American icon, describing the conception, design, and construction of the Twin Towers and relating the activities that took place there during a normal twenty-four-hour day.

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NAL

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0451206843

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9780451206848

Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

By: Angus Kress Gillespie

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Book's by Angus Kress Gillespie

Crossing Under the Hudson

Crossing Under the Hudson

Crossing Under the Hudson

Crossing Under the Hudson

Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike, Second Edition

Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike, Second Edition

Twin Towers

Twin Towers

Twin Towers

Twin Towers

Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

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