Highway under the Hudson: A History of the Holland

摘要

This is a comprehensive academic history of the Hudson Tunnel, the world's first modern vehicular tunnel, and involving the largest construction contact hitherto let in the USA. While there is much content of interest to engineering historians, it is not an engineering history of the project, it is rather a history of urban transportation. It thus gives much detail on the political history of the project — complex indeed as it involved two States (New Jersey and New York) and various local authorities, as well as the vested interests of railroad companies and other businesses.