In 1869, the Beach Pneumatic Transit Company of New York secretly constructed a 95 m long, 2. 7 m diameter pneumatic subway line under Broadway, to demonstrate the possibilities of the new transport mode.

In Ghostbusters II, the " river of slime " under New York city is found by the Ghostbusters boys to be flowing through an old pneumatic tube line – a reference to the Beach Pneumatic Transit tube.

* the first subway in America was the Beach Pneumatic Underground Railway of New York City built in 1870.

Beach's most famous invention was New York City's first subway, the Beach Pneumatic Transit.

Plan of the Beach Pneumatic Transit station and tunnel

* Beach Pneumatic Transit

The Beach Pneumatic Transit was the first attempt to build an underground public transit system in New York City, USA.

Plan of the Beach Pneumatic Transit station and tunnel

In 1869, Alfred Ely Beach and his Beach Pneumatic Transit Company of New York began constructing a pneumatic subway line beneath Broadway.

) During its first two weeks of operation, the Beach Pneumatic Transit sold over 11, 000 rides with 400, 000 rides provided during its first year of operation.

It is interesting to note that the building used for filming the Manhattan Museum of Art's exterior was actually the Alexander Hamilton U. S. Custom House near Battery Park, which is within a mile of the original Beach Pneumatic Transit's tunnel location.

Neal Schusterman's Young Adult Novel Downsiders makes many references to the Beach Pneumatic Transit.

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Fievel and Tony discover that an ancient treasure lies underneath Manhattan when snooping around an abandoned subway ( the Beach Pneumatic Transit system ) and stumbling upon the remains of a dead mouse clutching a treasure map, deciding they must find it with the help of an archaeologist Tony knows: Dr. Dithering, along with fighting five villains as well.

In 1867 at the American Institute Fair in New York, Alfred Ely Beach demonstrated a 32. 6 m long, 1. 8 m diameter pipe that was capable of moving 12 passengers plus a conductor.

* The pneumatic dispatch ... ( 1868 ) by Alfred Beach ( scanned pages )

Porter sold the newspaper to Alfred Ely Beach and Orson Desaix Munn I a mere ten months after founding it.

* Stanford, Alfred B., Force Mulberry: The Planning and Installation of the Artificial Harbor of U. S. Normandy Beaches in World War II, New York: William Morrow & Co., 1951-details the design, assembly and construction of the American artificial harbour ( Mulberry A ) at Omaha Beach.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson ( 1809 – 1892 ) lived at Beech Hill House, High Beach 1837 – 1840 where he wrote parts of his magnum opus " In Memoriam ".

McCrea reached the peak of his early career in the early 1940s, in such films as Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent ( 1940 ), The More the Merrier ( 1943 ) directed by George Stevens, and two by Preston Sturges, Sullivan's Travels ( 1941 ), and The Palm Beach Story ( 1942 ).

During this period, Carte also presented various companion pieces with the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, including the 1877 revival of Dora's Dream by Arthur Cecil and Alfred Cellier ; The Spectre Knight ( 1878 ); revivals of Trial by Jury ; several pieces by George Grossmith beginning in 1878: Beauties on the Beach, A Silver Wedding, Five Hamlets, and Cups and Saucers ; revivals of Gilbert's After All!

Some of the cabbage trees in the area are descended from this tree, after Alfred Buckland rescued a portion and replanted trees around Newmarket and as far away as Bucklands Beach.

Another piece of Auckland land owned by Alfred Buckland located further out of town is still called " Bucklands Beach ".

Alfred Ely Beach ( September 1, 1826 – January 1, 1896 ) was an American inventor, publisher and patent lawyer, born in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Alfred Beach worked for his father until he and a friend, Orson Desaix Munn I, decided to buy Scientific American, a relatively new publication.

* The song " Sub-Rosa Subway ", from the 1976 album 3: 47 EST by Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu, tells the story of Alfred Beach building his subway.

A John Doe identified in 2012 as U. S. Marine Oral Alfred Stuart, Jr. who was found beaten to death in Long Beach in November of 1974 is believed to be a victim of Kraft.

Along with the works of French writers who frequented her bookshop in rue de l ' Odéon, Monnier published a translation which she and Sylvia Beach had done of " The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock " — T. S. Eliot ’ s first major poem to appear in French.

" Sub-Rosa Subway " is a song written by the Canadian progressive rock band Klaatu, from their album 3: 47 EST, describing the efforts of Alfred Ely Beach to create the original New York Subway.

Governor Alfred E. Smith / Sunken Meadow State Park and Governor Alfred E. Smith / Sunken Meadow State Park Beach are located in the Town of Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York in the USA on the North Shore of Long Island.

He has five children, three by a former marriage — Stephanie P. Ledgin-Toskos, Pittstown, NJ ; David H. Ledgin, Long Beach, NY ; Allison G. Dey, Bella Vista NSW, Australia — and two by his present marriage — Alfred E. Ledgin, Overland Park, KS, and Nicholas J. Ledgin, Kansas City, KS.

The Beach tunneling shield, designed by Alfred Ely Beach, was used to assist workmen in removing material from the route of the tunnel.

Michael Toshiyuki Uno is a film and television director, credited with directing television programs such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( the remake series that began in 1985 ), China Beach, The Outsiders, Early Edition, and Dawson's Creek.

* Alfred Ely Beach ( 1826-1896 ), inventor and publisher

On Friday March 31, 1916, Alfred Buckland and Son held an auction to sell some 126 sections on the western side of the peninsula stretching from big Bucklands Beach in the North To the cliffs at the southern end of little Bucklands Beach.

Solana Beach returned to the national spotlight on April 25, 2008 when retired veterinarian and 38-year resident Dr. David Martin, 66 years old, suffered a fatal injury from an extremely rare great white shark bite while swimming with a group approximately off shore near Solana Beach's Fletcher Cove.

Assisting South Bethany's reputation as a " quiet " place is the presence of Delaware Seashore State Park to the north of Bethany Beach, a six mile-long barrier island providing a substantial buffer from Dewey Beach's noise.

With Douglas Aircraft as a resident, the attitude of Long Beach's authorities became cold and openly hostile to naval aviation, with its city manager saying that " the sooner the Navy gets out of the Long Beach airport, the better we will like it.

Additionally, due to Wreck Beach's proximity to the University of British Columbia, many students and even faculty, can be found at Wreck Beach.

His father, Frederick C. Beach, contributed thousands of dollars to support Whitehead's work with Stanley Beach's airplane design.

Another unique aesthetic attribute of South Beach is the presence of several colorful and unique stands used by South Beach's lifeguards.

After decades of economic and social decline, an influx of gay men and lesbians moving to South Beach in the late-1980s to mid-1990s helped contribute to Miami Beach's revitalization.

* The Beach Award for non-technical writing or documentation that promotes personal submarines presented by the Personal Submersible Organization ( PSUBS. ORG ) is named in Captain Beach's honor.

In the late 1960s, Solomon published two chapbooks of prose poems with Mary Beach's Beach Books, Texts & Documents, distributed by City Lights Books: Mishaps, Perhaps ( 1966 ) and More Mishaps ( 1968 ).

Eddie Cibrian also portrayed the contract-role of Cole on Sunset Beach while appearing on Third Watch at the same time until Sunset Beach's cancellation in January 2000.

In the Combined Statistical Area, Daytona Beach International Airport also serves the area, and is used by many tourists seeking to directly connect to Daytona Beach's many local offerings, such as Daytona Beach Bike Week, Speedweeks and Spring Break.

From April 2007 through May 2009, WPLG was South Florida's most-watched English-language television station which can partially be attributed to its availability in the West Palm Beach market via Comcast which in turn is damaging to ratings for WPBF, West Palm Beach's ABC affiliate.

Beach's father told his local M. P., who in turn told the Home Secretary, and the latter asked Beach to arrange for further information.