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The pneumatic tube mail system in New York City

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The pneumatic tube mail system in New York City

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The Pneumatic Tube Mail System in New York City - Untapped New York
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One of our favorite obscure facts about NYC: It once had a pneumatic tube mail system that stretched for 27 miles, moving mail at 30 MPH!

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    It would be if it was connected to other cities tube systems, it was more of a network since it’s just local.

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      I was facetiously quoting former senator Ted Stephens:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes

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