Thursday, 10 October 2013

Series Of Tubes: Pneumatic Tube Networks Then And Now

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Long before the Internet was a glimmer in Al Gore's eye, a different series of tubes helped shuttle messages from one place to another, seemingly by magic. These pneumatic tube systems, many of which are still operating, are a marvel of not-so-modern technology and although they blow, they most definitely do not blow.

1 comment(s):

Ima said...

I first saw these in banks in the 80s. I thought they were the most futuristic thing ever. Still kind of do!