When New York launched its pneumatic-tube mail system in the fall of 1897, postal workers tested it out by sending canisters loaded with a Bible wrapped in an American flag, an artificial peach, a ...
The inaugural episode of The Untapped New York Podcast was a dive into my favorite subject of all time: New York City’s pneumatic tube mail system. One of the highlights of this exploration was ...
Contents fragile! That white thing getting ready to be whisked away in a tube is, indeed, a cat. (Wikimedia Commons) New Yorkers of the Gilded Age knew an exciting technology when they saw one. And, ...
Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Before the Hyperloop, before email, even before mail trucks, ...
Powered by compressed air, the system transported millions of letters between 1897 and 1953 Vanessa Armstrong - History Correspondent A pneumatic mail tube at the main Post Office Department branch in ...
Long before digital messages, New York relied on a web of pneumatic tubes to move mail at incredible speeds. This video dives into the system’s rise, usefulness, and eventual disappearance. Hypnotic ...
Special to The New York Times. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print ...
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