A Series of Tubes
99% Invisible
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Pneumatic Tube Systems in New York City
Pneumatic tubes are still used in a lot of places including hospitals and big electronics stores. But there's one other tube system in New York that moves a lot more material in Roosevelt Island pneumaticubes are used for For garbage. When the island was being developed for residential living in the 1960s Planners determined that the quality of life would be better without big garbage trucks on the roads.
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