Many thanks for all your replies. The New York 'subway' tunnels
going west under the Hudson to NJ from Manhattan are in fact the
PATH, passenger authority trans hudson, lines, website
http://www.panynk.gov/path/pathfram.htm. These dont seem to be
well publicised to tourists using the NY metro, I guess one private
company doesnt want to advertise anothers product even if not in
direct competition. The chicago tunnels were water intakes from
lake michigan (why would a 1913 town plan mark these I don't
know, not a lot of use to a visitor to chigaco I dont think). they have
artificial islands at the end 2 miles out, this town plan didnt mark
these islands.
On a more general note it is suprising what can be found onold
town plans which in general seem to be a lot more detailed than
today's efforts. Especially of fast growing cities in the UK between
ca 1880 and 1940, when mapmakers put in features that hadnt yet
been built but were 'definitely' about to be, so as to be really up to
date - then the feature wasnt actually built, er, oops. Non existent
railways around London, surface and tube, sometimes show on
older 'a-z's' of this period, quite entertaining for map anoraks to see
what 'might have been'.
Hillary Shaw, P/G Geography, University of Leeds
Traditional sayings of the P'nstrae-P'sutid tribe (3)
Too many cooks spoil the restuarant profits. Too few
accountants cook the books. Many hands make high wage bill.
Many unemployed hands make lower Minimum Wage.
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