The Pneumatic Dispatch (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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The accounts given exhibit the practical progress of the system from the first public experiment at Battersea Fields, in 1861, down to January, 1868. During this period of seven years the Pneumatic system has been introduced in London with entire success, where it is now in regular operation in connection with the postal service.

Thorough practical trials with reference to passenger transportation have also been had in London, which have so completely demonstrated the success and importance of the system as to warrant the construction of a Pneumatic Passenger Railway from Charing Cross, under the Thames River, to the Waterloo station of the Southwestern Railway. This road is not yet wholly completed.

In this country the first public trial of the Pneumatic Railway took place at the American Institute in the fall of 1867, when many thou sands of passengers enjoyed the atmospheric ride. Charters for Pneu matic Railways have been granted in the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Applications for charters are pending before the Legislatures of N ew-york and other States.

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