Who invented subway train
Moses s beach.
Frederick beach
Contrary to popular belief the Interborough Rapid transit (IRT) subway line, which began operation in 1904, was not New York City's first public underground transportation system. The original Manhattan line actually ran under Broadway as early as 1870, following one of the most outlandish engineering operations the city has known.
The chief protagonist of what developed into an undercover underground operation was one Alfred Ely Beach, a gentleman of grand insight and dynamism. Beach had already invented the cable railway, the pneumatic tube, and a device that was to be pivotal in his subway production - the hydraulic tunneling bore.
Journalists had revered Alfred Ely since he produced the world's first practical typewriter, which won him a gold medal at the Crystal Palace Exposition in 1853.
When he wasn't busy inventing something, Beach managed the affairs of the New York Sun (he and his brother were co-publishers), and founded several magazines while simultaneously worki