Download or read book Secret Subway written by Martin W. Sandler and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1869, Alfred Beach wanted to build America's first air-powered railway below New York City, but Boss Tweed, powerful politician and notorious crook, opposed. Working under night cover, Beach and his crew carved a three-hundred-foot tunnel beneath a department store. Before long, the project was discovered and the public raved about its potential. But no further tunnels were ever built. What happened to Beach's railway, and where is it now?