who was responsible for constructing it?
Chief engineer Dewitt Haskin
PATH (rail system)
Chief engineer Dewitt Haskin built the tunnel by using compressed air to open a space in the mud and then lining it with brick.
where does the path train from hoboken stop Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York City when was it opened for public? 1908
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PATH (rail system) [SEP] Construction
Construction started on the first tunnel, now called the Uptown Hudson Tubes, in 1873. Chief engineer Dewitt Haskin built the tunnel by using compressed air to open a space in the mud and then lining it with brick. The railroad got from Jersey City this way until a lawsuit stopped work; accidents, including a particularly serious one in 1880 that killed 20 workers, caused additional delays. The project was abandoned in 1883 due to a lack of funds. An effort by a British company, between 1888 and 1892, also failed. When the New York and New Jersey Railroad Company resumed construction on the uptown tubes in 1902, its chief engineer, Charles M.