The Pneumatic Tube Mail System in New York City
8th July 2024
I’m often asked what my favorite weird/obscure fact about New York City was. Ironically, as the founder of Untapped New York, this question frequently proves difficult because there are just so many amazing things about this city. So I went back into my memory archives, thinking what about New York City impelled me to create Untapped New York. The pneumatic tube mail system is top on that list.
I remember pneumatic tube systems in department stores in Indianapolis when I was a child. I’ve never lost my fascination with them. The still seem very … steampunk is about the best way to describe it.