Quiz: What Do You Know About New York’s Pneumatic Tube System?
Quiz: What Do You Know About New York’s Pneumatic Tube System?
Mail once sped across town, powered only by air pressure. Test your knowledge with this ASME quiz.
Most of us know about pneumatic tubes from retro – or retro-futuristic – television shows or from sending money through the drive-through system at a bank. But pneumatic tubes once were the backbone of an advanced system to speed mail through cities at a time when crowded streets would slow other means of surface transportation to a crawl. See what you know about New York City’s pneumatic tube system by taking this ASME quiz.
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