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- Creator
- Wenmaekers, Jerome
- Call number
- MssCol 6279
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet
- Preferred Citation
- Preliminary project: The future of New York through the system of submarine building invented by Jerome Wenmaekers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Lithograph and accompanying letter (18 August 1874) of Jerome Wenmaekers explaining plans for a proposed system of quays, docks, railway, and vehicular tunnels running underneath the Hudson River and East River in New York. Titled by Wenmaekers "Preliminary project: The future of New York through the system of submarine building invented by Jerome Wenmaekers."
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- City planning -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century
- Docks -- New York (State) -- New York
- Subway tunnels -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Transportation -- New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area -- Planning
- Tunnels -- New York (State) -- New York
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Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328