Tema: Nueva York: El primer metro de NYC

Me ha sorprendido encontrar esta historia, no sabía que esto hubiese existido:

First subway of New York City. It had a single station located in the basement of the house located at the corner of Warren Street and Broadway. Passenger were carried in a car pushed forward by the pneumatic pressure generated by a huge fan. At the end of the tunnel, near Murray Street, the car stopped. The rotation of the fan was reversed and the car was "sucked" back to Warren Street station.

This subway was designed for experimental and promotional purposes. Alfred E. Beach intended to build a full scale network of pneumatic lines for public transportation in the already crowded Manhattan downtown.

The Beach Pneumatic Subway was very similar to the Crystal Palace Pneumatic Railway, tested a few years before in England.

Realmente sorprendente, sí señor.

Por cierto, ¿de qué año estamos hablando?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway


Aquí dice que en 1869 y que medía 312 pies, unos 100 metros.

Y en futurama aparece como un adelanto del futuro! Jejeje.