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   danny burstein to All   
   ye olde "Beach Pneumatic subway" makes a   
   08 Jan 18 05:10:41   
   
   From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   [reposting since this will air -TONIGHT-, 08-January]   
      
   Way, way, back, in 1869, Mr. Alfred Ely Beach   
   displayed a prototype one block long subway   
   tunnel where the car was propelled by air pulses.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit   
      
   The Canadian tv show "Murdoch Mysteries", which   
   focuses on the adventures of an early 1900's   
   Toronto detective [a], will... per the promos,   
   be featuring a similar Canadian invention.   
      
   Scheduled to air on CBC 08-January-2018, so if you've   
   got access to that channel, keep an eye out.   
      
   [a] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdoch_Mysteries   
      
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