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Opening the East River: John Newton and the Blasting of Hell Gate [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 235 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 229x152x12 mm, kaal: 308 g, 31 photos, notes, bibliography, index
  • Ilmumisaeg: 14-Sep-2021
  • Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1476682984
  • ISBN-13: 9781476682983
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 235 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 229x152x12 mm, kaal: 308 g, 31 photos, notes, bibliography, index
  • Ilmumisaeg: 14-Sep-2021
  • Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1476682984
  • ISBN-13: 9781476682983
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"After the Civil War, the New York City's East River remained a massive unsolved problem. A major waterway into and out of the Harbor--where customs revenue equaled 42 percent of the U.S. Government's income--the river's many hindrances, centered around Hell Gate, included whirlpools, rocks and reefs. These, combined with swirling currents and powerful tides, led to deaths, cargo losses and destruction of vessels. Charged with clearing the river, General John Newton of the Army Corps of Engineers went towork with the most rudimentary tools for diving, mining, lighting, pumping and drilling. His crews worked for 20 years, using a steam-drilling scow of his own design and a new and perilous explosive--nitroglycerine. In 1885, Newton destroyed the nine-acre Flood Rock with 282,730 pounds of high explosives. The demolition was watched by tens of thousands. This book chronicles the clearing of the East River and the ingenuity of the Army engineer whose work was praised by the National Academy of Sciences"--

After the Civil War, the New York City's East River was a massive unsolved and dangerous navigation problem. A major waterway into and out of the Harbor--where customs revenue equaled 42 percent of the U.S. Government's income--the river's many hindrances, centered around Hell Gate, included whirlpools, rocks and reefs. These, combined with swirling currents and powerful tides, led to deaths, cargo losses and destruction of vessels. Charged with clearing the river, General John Newton of the Army Corps of Engineers went to work with the most rudimentary tools for diving, mining, lighting, pumping and drilling. His crews worked for 20 years, using a steam-drilling scow of his own design and a new and perilous explosive--nitroglycerine. In 1885, Newton destroyed the nine-acre Flood Rock with 282,730 pounds of high explosives. The demolition was watched by tens of thousands. This book chronicles the clearing of the East River and the ingenuity of the Army engineer whose work was praised by the National Academy of Sciences.

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Useful history of submarine clearance of New York City waterwaysprovides clear reproductions of illustrations and maps from contemporary journals and newspapers. I recommend this book for those interested in the history of underwater engineering, as well as the commercial and maritime history of New York City.Sea History In a not insubstantial way, this book serves to memorialize the men who made the East River a little safer, and who helped to ensure the continued financial well-being of a growing nationA handy overview for a complex internal improvement project, this book will sit comfortably on most any bookshelf.The Northern Mariner

Preface 1(2)
Introduction 3(2)
One A City Of Islands 5(13)
Travel on Land
6(1)
New York, a Maritime City
7(1)
The Sandy Hook Problem
8(1)
The East River Passage
9(1)
Fulton on the Hudson
10(2)
Clinton's Ditch
12(2)
Shipbuilding, Commerce and New York City
14(1)
Famed Ships and Shipbuilders
14(4)
Two The Business Of The City 18(13)
Some Studies Are Begun
18(1)
The Channels of the East River
19(1)
From Throgs Neck to Little Hell Gate
20(1)
Little Hell Gate
20(1)
Hallet's Point Reef
21(2)
Changes in Ships and Ship Building
23(2)
The First Glimmer of Funds
25(1)
Coasters
25(3)
Maillefert at Work
28(1)
The Politics of Funding
29(2)
Three General Newton Takes Command 31(16)
Newton Is Chosen
33(3)
The City Changes
36(1)
Ferries, Pilots, and The News
37(2)
Newton Designs the Projects
39(5)
Some Solutions, Some Problems
44(1)
Newton Includes Nitroglycerin
45(2)
Four Newton's Needs 47(17)
Planning and Progress
47(3)
Hazards and Virtues of Nitroglycerine
50(2)
The East River Association
52(4)
At Work with Sidney Shelbourne and Benjamin S.H. Maillefert Again
56(3)
The Case of the Thatcher Magoun
59(2)
Work Begins on the Reef at Hallet's Point
61(3)
Five Newton Adapts 64(9)
The First Steps
64(2)
Ships and Vanderbilt's Trains
66(1)
Dockage and Piers
67(1)
Despite Nitroglycerine's Deadly Accidents Newton Trusts It
68(2)
Newton's Confidence
70(3)
Six Newton's Marvelous Machine 73(13)
The Creation of Newton's Steam Drilling Scow
73(4)
Nitroglycerine Is Studied
77(1)
The Handling, Transportation and Storage of Nitroglycerine
78(1)
Newton Adapts to the Steam Drill
79(1)
The Railroads Show Their Promise
80(1)
Hallet's Point Reef: The Tools and the Workers
81(1)
Interested Parties
82(1)
The Danger Remains; the Funds Arrive
83(3)
Seven The Scow At Work 86(9)
Progress with Some Obstacles in the River
86(1)
Changes in Ships Verify Newton's Work on the River
87(1)
The Importance of Julius H. Striedinger
88(1)
Newton's Refining of the Scow's Operations
88(2)
The Accidents Continue and the Tunnels Move Under the River
90(1)
Improvements in Steam Drills and Other Tools
91(4)
Eight The Long Depression Begins 95(23)
The Work Goes On Even as the Appropriations Fall Short
95(1)
Newton's Additional Duties on the Hudson as the Economy Crashes
96(2)
Advantages and Dangers of Nitroglycerine
98(1)
Divers and the Positioning of Explosives
99(2)
Changes and Adaptations in American Shipping
101(1)
Hallet's Point Reef Preparation Continues
102(1)
Newton's Jurisdiction Extends into Vermont
103(1)
Explosives, Fuses and Continuing Dangers
103(4)
The Newton Steam Drilling Scow at Work
107(1)
Changes in Newton's Plan
108(2)
Two Rocks and a Reef: The Frying Pan, Way's Reef, and Pot Rock
110(1)
Spuyten Duyvel and the Harlem River
110(3)
Up and Down the River
113(1)
Close to the Finish
114(4)
Nine Newton's Many Plans 118(15)
The Country Is Attentive
118(1)
Hallet's Point Reef
119(2)
A Decision on Explosives
121(2)
Making the Cartridges
123(2)
Wiring the Cartridges
125(2)
Connecting the Wires
127(2)
The Danger Remained
129(1)
The City Reacts
130(3)
Ten Newton's Triumph Of Science 133(13)
The Crowds Assemble
133(6)
Blast Time
139(1)
Reaction and Judgment
140(6)
Eleven Newton's Aim Of 26 Feet 146(9)
Newton's Second Decade
146(1)
Some Results
147(1)
A Challenge
148(1)
Newton's Argument
148(1)
Delays at Hell Gate
149(2)
The New York Central
151(1)
The Delays Go On
152(1)
The Harlem River Studied Again
153(2)
Twelve Newton's Work Slows 155(17)
Newton's Strategy
155(1)
progress at Flood Rock
156(3)
Expanding the Site
159(3)
Newton Considers
162(2)
Interest Increases
164(1)
Other Projects at the Same Time
165(2)
The Working Force
167(1)
Slowdown of 1882-1883
167(2)
Newton in Charge
169(3)
Thirteen Newton Readies The Explosion 172(10)
Strategies Are Decided
172(4)
Preparing the Cartridges
176(2)
Installing the Cartridges
178(1)
The Guests and the Police
179(1)
Explosions Explained
180(2)
Fourteen Newton's Violent Triumph 182(13)
Saturday Night Preparations Before the Sunday Blast
182(1)
Sunday Morning's Tasks
183(3)
Blast Time
186(1)
Newton Arrives at the Firing Point
187(3)
After the Blast
190(3)
Estimates of Work to Be Done
193(1)
Some Measurements of the Explosion
194(1)
Fifteen Newton's Last Decade 195(6)
Death
196(1)
Honors
196(5)
A Gazetteer of the East River Obstructions 201(6)
Chapter Notes 207(8)
Bibliography 215(10)
Index 225
Thomas Barthel, a professor emeritus in the State University of New York system, has written nine books on subjects ranging from the Civil War, to baseball history to civil engineering. He lives in Clinton, New York.