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History Bits: Underground logistics systems

"N.Y. Post Office Pneumatic Tube" c. 1912. G.G. Bain Collection.

Here’s a little known bit of logistics technology history.  At one time, there were three underground systems for moving mail underground — New York City and Paris used pneumatic tube systems, and London used a railway system.  These logistics technology systems sped the movement of mail among post offices within a city and were the most modern state-of-the-art at one time.

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