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William Barclay Parsons and the NYC Subway        

As Chief Engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission, General William Parsons was the guiding force behind the design and construction of the Interborough Rapid Transit system, which was completed in 1904. The following books, periodical indexes, and web sites point to more information at SIBL. In addition, the New York Public Library was also the recipient of the William Barclay Parsons Collection of transportation engineering donated by the Parsons' family in 1934.

A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books in SIBL's Research & Branch Collections


AUTHOR
TITLE
DATE
Research Collection Call no.
Circulating Collection Call no.

Bobrick, Benson

Labyrinths of Iron: A History of the World's Subways

1981

JSE 81-1241

388.428 B **

Coppola, Philip A.

Silver connections

1984-

JSK 84-86

 
Cudahy, Brian J. The Malbone Street wreck 1999 JSE 04-693  

Cudahy, Brian J.

Under the sidewalks of New York: the story of the greatest subway system in the world

1995

*R-SIBL TF847 .N5 .C75

388.428 C **

388.4209 C  (older ed.)
Cunningham, Joe Interborough fleet 1996 JSF 04-380  

Derrick, Peter

Tunneling to the future: the story of the great subway expansion that saved New York.

2001

*R-SIBL HE4491 .N7 .D47

388.428 D
Dwyer, Jim Subway lives : 24 hours in the life of the New York City Subway 1991 JSE 04-708  

Federal Transit Administration /MTA

Second Avenue Subway in the borough of Manhattan, New York County, New York

[2003]

*R-SIBL TD195.S9 .S43 McGraw Desk

  
Fischler, Stanley I. Moving millions : an inside look at mass transit 1979 JSE 04-707  

Fischler, Stan

The subway: a trip through time on New York's rapid transit (enlarged/updated ed. of “Uptown, Downtown”,1976)

1997

JSF 98-331

388.4209 F

Fischler, Stan

Uptown, Downtown: A Trip Through Time on New York's Subways

1976

JSE 78-796

388.4209 F

Granick, Harry Underneath New York 1991 *R-SIBL TD25.N6 .G7  

Greller, James Clifford

New York City subway cars

[1995]

JSF 00-187

  
Greller, James Clifford Subway cars of the BMT 1995/1996 JSF 04-381  
Henderson, John Gotham turnstiles : a visual depiction of rapid transit in the New York metropolitan area from 1958-1968 1992 JSF 04-382  

Hood, Clifton

722 Miles: the Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York

1995

*R-SIBL TF847.N5 .H66

388.428 H

1993

JSE 94-378

Interborough Rapid Transit

The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment

1991 (Reprint of 1904 ed.)

JSF 91-519

625.42 N

Online version: : http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/irtbook_index.html
Kennedy, Randy Subwayland : adventures in the world beneath New York 2004 JSD 04-207 917.471 K

Lavis, Fred

Building the New Rapid Transit System of New York City

1915

TPYM

  

Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas

The 42nd Street development project, New York

1984

JBF 91-726

  

Payne, Christopher

New York’s Forgotten Substations:  power behind the subway

2002

 JSE 04-689

625.4209 P **

Reed, Robert Carroll

The New York elevated

1978

JSF 79-673

388.4409 R **

Schultz, Carl

Subway: the empire beneath New York’s streets

1994

  

VC 388.428 S (video)

Snyder, Robert W.

Transit talk: New York's bus and subway workers tell their stories

1997

*R-SIBL HD8039 .T72 U466

331.7613 S **

Walker, James Blaine

Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, 1864-1917

1918

TPY

  

** Available at selected NYPL branches, but not at SIBL branch.

Other titles may be found by searching:

The Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of The New York Public Library 1911-1971, and

the catalog of the New York Public Library, under the following subjects:

  • Subways - United States - N.Y. - New York
  • Subways - New York (State) - New York
  • Local Transit - New York (N.Y.)
  • Parsons, William Barclay 1859-1932
  • Subways-Electric equipment-New York (State) -- New York
  • Interborough Rapid Transit