Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... The Malbone Street Wreckdoor Brian J. Cudahy
Geen Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The Malbone Street Wreck was the worst disaster ever to befall the NYC subway system. It occurred on 11/1/18 during a transit strike when a poorly trained substitute motorman ran his train at an excessive rate of speed around a sharp curve in a tunnel, causing a derailment that resulted in over 100 fatalities. The accident was so horrific that the very name "Malbone Street" became tainted and was changed to Empire Boulevard so that Brooklynites woudn't have to be reminded of the wreck. Brian Cudahy, a noted transit expert, has written an excellent book which is highly recommended to anyone with an interest in urban transit. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
On November 1, 1918, as the Great War in Europe was entering its final hours, a five-car elevated train was heading for the Flatbush section of Brooklyn with hundreds of homeward-bound commuters aboard. As the train rumbled down a shor hill between Prospect Park and Ebbets Field in the very heart of Brooklyn, the unthinkable happened: the motorman lost control and the train left the tracks as it curved into a tunnel at the foot of the hill. The ensuing disaster, known ever since as the Malbone Street Wreck, took the lives of almost a hundred people and stands as the worst mass-transit accident in U.S. History. Unlike the Titanic disaster, however, the Malbone Street Wreck has received scant attention from scholars and historians over the years. As is so often the case, popular accounts of the tragedy have managed to enshrine as dogma thinkgs that are absolutely untrue. Now, Fordham University Press is proud to present Brian J. Cudahy's long-awaited account of the Malbone Street Wreck, a book that recounts the events leading up to the disaster, describes the faithful trip from its beginning to end, and reviews efforts conducted after the tragedy to fix blame and establish liability. Could the Malbone Stret Wreck have been avoided? Clearly yes, is Cudahy's answer. Had any number of factors not combined in precisely the way that they did, the five-car train might have well continued its journey to Brighton Beach in a completely uneventful manner. But they did happen exactly as they happened, and that is why The Malbone Street Wreck makes such arresting reading. Could another Malbone Street Wreck happen at some future time in New York, or on any other U.S. Mass Transit System? Transit professionals will have to answer this question after they read Cudahy's account of how and why November 1, 1918 has become such an important day in transportation history. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)363.12Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Other social problems and services Public safety programs TransportationLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |