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Bold plan for a greater Manhattan nine miles out
Engineer T Kennard Thomson proposes extending Manhattan Island by nine square miles into the bay to create a city of 25 million people. The scheme includes sea walls, pneumatic caissons, back filling with sand, and multi level streets with hydroelectric power from Niagara and St Lawrence rivers.
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