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ing and Architecture in New York, pub- lished by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2001. Grand Central’s Engineer is divided
into seven chapters and Professor Schlichting is thoroughly acquainted with the professional life of William John Wilgus through the voluminous collection of his engineering papers held in the Public Library of New York City. Additional references utilized in- cluded the archives of The New York Times and Milestones in the Life of a Civil Engineer, Wilgus’ unpublished 1948 manuscript. Professor Schlichting opens the book
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with a rehearsal of the history of New York City’s geography and transporta- tion challenges, demonstrating that though New York City became the pow- erhouse of the world in manufacturing, transportation and finance, it is not without significant disadvantages, largely from Manhattan being an is- land and the unwillingness of the rail- roads at the time to cooperate with one another to help solve what was at the time a railroad problem. In chapter two, “The Brilliance of
Grand Central,” the author demon- strates that despite resistance to change, William John Wilgus, as chief engineer of the New York Central Rail- road Company, was able persuade the president of the New York Central–at
the time, William Newman–and the board of directors of the wisdom of both replacing the obsolete Grand Central Station (built by Cornelius Vanderbilt) and eliminating steam locomotives as the means of propulsion. The environ- ment approaching the old Grand Cen- tral Station had suffered from the smoke, soot and noise of the commuter trains that traversed the four tracks approaching the old station. After long negotiations, the open cut on Park Av- enue was roofed over as a solution. The smoke was now trapped beneath the roof and presented a serious safety hazard. On January 8, 1902 the colli- sion of two commuter trains in the Park Avenue tunnel resulted in the deaths of 15 commuters and the injury of hundreds more. The wooden cars burst into flame from the overturned stoves used for heating. The following May, the New York Legislature passed legislation prohibiting the use of steam locomotives for passenger trains south of the Harlem River. Immediately after arriving in New
York City, William Wilgus had begun to study the complicated set of inter- twined problems the Central faced in its outmoded, steam-powered depot at 42nd Street. With the Legislature out- right banning steam locomotives pulling passenger trains to the station, Wilgus set upon a “Plan of Staggering
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