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Pneumatic tube canister, 1953 (metal)

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SMT1217136
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Pneumatic tube canister, 1953 (metal)
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American School, (20th century) / American
Location
National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
Medium
metal
Date
1953 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
62.2x21x21 cms
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Postal officials began using pneumatic tubes to carry mail in Philadelphia in 1893. Underground tubes tied together rail stations and post offices. This canister, from a New York City pneumatic tube system, could carry six hundred letters and traveled at about thirty-five miles per hour. The New York system included an above-ground pneumatic system, attached to the Brooklyn Bridge, connected the New York City and Brooklyn post offices. New York’s service was suspended briefly during World War I. Portions of the tubes continued to be used until 1953.

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© Smithsonian Institution / Bridgeman Images
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deliveries / containers / cylinder / national postal museum / container / canisters / tubes / technology / pneumatic / mail / tube / post office / invention / canister / smithsonian institution / delivery / cylindrical / inventions / post / cyulinders
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