The Race Underground
Season 29 Episode 11 | 53m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
The dramatic story of the nation's first subway
It was Boston — a city of so many firsts — that overcame a litany of engineering challenges, the greed-driven interests of businessmen, and the great fears of its citizenry to construct America’s first subway
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The Race Underground
Season 29 Episode 11 | 53m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
It was Boston — a city of so many firsts — that overcame a litany of engineering challenges, the greed-driven interests of businessmen, and the great fears of its citizenry to construct America’s first subway
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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