Monday, August 02, 2004
Back to the Future of Transportation
Transportation Futuristics
Interesting web exhibit on "transportation futuristics" highlights some transportation ideas that never got off the ground. Includes the story of Alfred Beach, an inventor from New York City who used his own money to construct a block-long pneumatic subway in 1870 powered by a huge rotary blower called the "Western Tornado". For a fee of $.25, people could ride aboard the pneumatic subway car complete with upholstered seats, oil paintings and chandeliers!
Interesting web exhibit on "transportation futuristics" highlights some transportation ideas that never got off the ground. Includes the story of Alfred Beach, an inventor from New York City who used his own money to construct a block-long pneumatic subway in 1870 powered by a huge rotary blower called the "Western Tornado". For a fee of $.25, people could ride aboard the pneumatic subway car complete with upholstered seats, oil paintings and chandeliers!
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