... used special amenities available to tenants including fiber optics, proprietary telephone switch and cable TV, and Internet website directory listing. Secondly, to install heat, they used local public utility supplies steam about 50 miles of radiator pipe. They also used 7,450 tons of refrigeration. Thirdly, to install water, they used 70 miles of pipe to provide water to tanks at different ... on the lights, now holds a staff of about 250 people, including 150 maintenance people. The Empire State Building has had its troubles. In 1945, and Army Air Corps B-25 twin-engine bomber plane c...

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... used special amenities available to tenants including fiber optics, proprietary telephone switch and cable TV, and Internet website directory listing. Secondly, to install heat, they used local public utility supplies steam about 50 miles of radiator pipe. They also used 7,450 tons of refrigeration. Thirdly, to install water, they used 70 miles of pipe to provide water to tanks at different ... on the lights, now holds a staff of about 250 people, including 150 maintenance people. The Empire State Building has had its troubles. In 1945, and Army Air Corps B-25 twin-engine bomber plane c...

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... , Acura Integras, and Nissan Sentras, are often thought as little "grocery getters- in their stock form. This is due to the small size of the car, and the little economical engine underneath the hood. With a little money and some expert tuning, these cars become "rice rockets- as they are known. These are the cars of choice of the modern day racer ... not cost a fortune. In the article "Racer X-, by Kenneth li, he describes the cars as "tricked out low buck Japanese imports such as Civics or Integras, covered in stickers, stroked engine, a supercharger, and Nitrous oxide."" These cars ar...

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... . He made it so that people can walk, ride their bikes, and at the time horse and buggies can cross the bridge as well The mid-1800s, steam powered ferries connected Manhattan and Brooklyn. Steam was a major convenience; the people of that day were used to oars and sails to power boats. These faster, more reliable ferries helped Brooklyn grow. Brooklyn began ... ...

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... Huckel, Jr. The reconstructed Grand Central Depot was renamed "Grand Central Station." In 1902, the increasing railroad traffic and the smoke from the steam engines clouded pedestrians" view that resulted in 17 accidental deaths. The public's protest then outlawed steam engines in Manhattan. Because of the unfortunate mishap, proposals for a larger Grand Central station were made. In 1903 the winners of the ... ...

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... . and First Avenue. The farmstead continued until the late 1830-1850s when the construction of the New York and Harlem Railroad. Later on the horse-drawn rail lines converted into steam and electricity. It made it easier to travel and transportation as well as major migration from Lower Manhattan. German and Irish immigrants began to settle all over Harlem but most ... ...

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... instead of the traditional wheelbarrow, pick, and shovel. "This was a new idea and perhaps marked the beginning of American Leadership in efficiency with machines."(Buehr, 35) Still, progress was slow. Steam shovels and cement had not yet been invented, so the walls had to be laid up stone by stone. Many locks had to be built, dams were needed to hold ... ...

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... the world in poverty. The son of a hand weaver, Carnegie received his only formal education during the short time between his birth and his move to the United States. When steam machinery for weaving came into use, Carnegie's father sold his looms and household goods, sailing to America with his wife and two sons. At this time, Andrew was twelve, and ... ...

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... that they were too stubborn to adjust to modern technology. They insisted on dragging their hand-operated equipment to the fire rather than using horses. Also, they ignored the new steam fire engines London had set out since 1829.4 The winter winds were fed to the flames and the ferocious red carpet was seen as far as Philadelphia. Fiery tongues of ... ...

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... reconstruction after the Civil War, the railroad industry was maturing and expanding with a great force. The railroad industry had already existed be-fore this though; for instance, "the first regular steam-powered rail service in the United States . . . began in the genteel city of Charleston in 1830- (Abrams 325). Some of the major events in the business of railroads in the ... ...

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... ago Brooklyn was regarded only as "a dormitory of New York." But lately the state of things thus described are rapidly changing. Manufactories have sprung up on every hand, and the steam whistle, the hum of machinery, the long lines of operatives, male and female, and the trucks and cars loaded with her produce, are met on both sides." [Green, 1883] The ... ...

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... lighting was also installed and paid by the people who lived there. Fire-fighting was also implemented. Since the water was awful to drink, a plan to build a waterworks plant, using a steam-powered pump, had begun in 1774, but construction halted for the Revolution. Taverns were the main place to meet for business. Policemen were also hired in 1762. Drunks, light offenders ... ...

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... instead of the traditional wheelbarrow, pick, and shovel. "This was a new idea and perhaps marked the beginning of American Leadership in efficiency with machines."(Buehr, 35) Still, progress was slow. Steam shovels and cement had not yet been invented, so the walls had to be laid up stone by stone. Many locks had to be built, dams were needed to hold ... ...

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... revolutionized southern agriculture. Rafts and flatboats were adequate for downstream travel, but the only practical solution to upstream travel was the steamboat. In 1807, Robert Fulton constructed the North River Steam Boat, famous to history as the Clermont. The Clermont was 142 feet long, 18 feet wide, and drew 7 feet of water. It could push along at a stead 5 miles an hour ... ...

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... Bickle by shooting mostly at night, showing us the violence on the streets, or the depressed atmosphere of Travis" apartment. Scorsese creates a surreal New York City, by showing us the steam from the manhole covers, the dreary color of a rainy New York night, and the depressed music by Bernard Herman. Like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull brings us into the demented world ... ...

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... Earth's landscape and relentlessly consuming airplane-grade pretzels, I would often look out the window and contemplate the most ridiculous hypothetical situations. Thoughts like "What if a bird flies into the engine?" or "What if the pilot falls asleep?" entertained my young head. Airplane rides were a great place for thought experiments and "what ifs?" Most of all ... ...

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... of all, Autoworld Theme Park. This was to be the world's largest indoor theme park. Autoworld posed the only indoor Ferris wheel in the world and the world's largest car engine. This was a one hundred million dollar investment. Flint expected one million people in the first year to come, but the people never came. The tourist attraction idea, like all the ... ...

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Charles Lindberg & the Spirit of St. Louis: A Narration of His Famous Takeoff Picture On May 12, 1927, 7:52 AM, Charles Lindberg fired up the engine of his Spirit of St. Louis and commenced down the dirt runway of Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York. The plane bounced slightly down the muddy path as it ... ...

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... was actually a cart with two hoses, one that went into the water and the other hose was held by a few people at the nozzle. Two to four people pumped the engine. He organized the first hospital in America. In 1753 Franklin was made deputy postmaster general for all the colonies. He made the postal service make money and operate effectively. Ben ... ...

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... the loudspeaker that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. The first thing that came through my mind was that maybe it was a small single engine plane that was flying too low; it didn't seem like an issue of serious concern at first, but then I started to really wonder what happened . Then a second interruption by the ... ...

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... become practical and financial. The Clermont measured 142 feet in length, 14ft in width, 62ft. in height. It went about 4.7 miles per hour. Fulton did not try to construct the engine himself, as the earlier inventors attempted. Instead he ordered one and adapted it to his boat. Maiden Voyage On August 17, 1807 the steamboat started its first successful trip up ... ...

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... become practical and financial. The Clermont measured 142 feet in length, 14ft in width, 62ft. in height. It went about 4.7 miles per hour. Fulton did not try to construct the engine himself, as the earlier inventors attempted. Instead he ordered one and adapted it to his boat. Maiden Voyage On August 17, 1807 the steamboat started its first successful trip up ... ...

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