Pneumatic tubes were supposed to revolutionize the world but have fallen by the wayside. Except in hospitals. Pneumatic tubes were touted as something that would revolutionize the world. In science ...

Today, if you can find a pneumatic tube system at all, it is likely at a bank drive-through. A conversation in the Hackaday bunker revealed something a bit surprising. Apparently, in some parts of the ...

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 ...

Powered by compressed air, the system transported millions of letters between 1897 and 1953 Vanessa Armstrong - History Correspondent A pneumatic mail tube at the main Post Office Department branch in ...

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 ...

A Globe reporter in 1900 asked the city’s top minds what the year 2000 would look like. Some things they got right, others they got wrong. One prediction was that a pneumatic tube system would connect ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook José Brenes/Daily. Buy this photo. The University of Michigan Hospital will be expanding its ...