The inaugural episode of The Untapped New York Podcast was a dive into my favorite subject of all time: New York City’s pneumatic tube mail system. One of the highlights of this exploration was ...

Click to open image viewer. Used in the late 1940s and early 1950s to transport mail through New York City's pneumatic tube system, this canister could carry as many as six hundred letters and travel ...

“N.Y. Post Office Pneumatic Tube” c. 1912. Photo via Library of Congress Today, we’ll show you where some remnants of the system are and where pneumatic tubes are still used in the city. Not only is ...

You want to mail something quickly and securely? Send it via pneumatic tube transport. This 170-year-old technology is enjoying a revival, as it helps companies and hospitals save millions on delivery ...

Unique ways of shipping have popped up throughout history, each designed to create speedy and convenient ways of delivering goods and mail. One of the most interesting appeared in New York City more ...

When New York launched its pneumatic-tube mail system in the fall of 1897, postal workers tested it out by sending canisters loaded with a Bible wrapped in an American flag, an artificial peach, a ...

Special to The New York Times. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print ...

Pneumatic tubes are pressurised air transport systems that move carriers through a network of pipes using partial vacuum or compressed air. They carry items like cash, documents, medicines, and mail, ...