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Dr. Rufus Henry Gilbert’s Plan for an NYC Transit System Powered By Air

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In the 1870s, long before Elon Musk, Dr. Rufus Henry Gilbert originated a plan for a New York City public transportation based on an elevated pneumatic tube system.

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