Secret Marvel: NYC's Pneumatic Mail Tubes

[@llllllllllll8891]

Alright, this video alone convinced me to subscribe. This is truly the golden age of content, there are so many little gems scattered across the internet and you sir are one of them.

[@cxc]

Thanks for the kind words. Just uploaded a new vid about Graffiti Pier. Take a look!

[@JaquesBobè]

they just went ahead and yeeeted a cat through a vacuum tube under NYC ...what a time

[@JerryRigEverything]

Dang this is super cool.

[@tja62000]

Heey fancy seeing you here

[@reelbytes6447]

Is this the internet before the internet?

[@abecoulter8550]

hey Zack how are you and camry

[@Zentrify]

Didn't expect to see you here

[@HappyPrimate773]

woah

[@-MakeItGood-]

Ironically because of the internet these tubes wouldn’t be overwhelmed by mail now. Would be much cheaper than paying the labor now.

[@andrewliberman7694]

Thanks!

[@cxc]

Much love, Much respect!

[@hiimjohnquinones2971]

My mom says that at the hospital she works at they ship blood and medicine around using pneumatic tubes, and for the most part it works, but sometimes the vials will get damaged and clog the system. But they're still in use today!

[@fartkerson]

Drive-thru banks used to have tubes. Not sure when or if it ever stopped, but none of the banks I've been to since the 1980s have had tubes for depositing/withdrawing.

[@lindab7383]

@@fartkerson All the banks here in Ohio have them. I can't think of a single bank I've used that doesn't have them for drive thru services.

[@fartkerson]

@@lindab7383 wow that’s so strange. I haven’t seen one on the west coast since the 1980s.

[@mattlm64]

I vaguely remember seeing these as a child in the UK. I think they were sometimes used to transport money around.

[@TheAngelOfDeath01]

I love you for doing something like this, my friend! You actually see this mail system in action in the 1994 film The Shadow. Greetings from Denmark and Sweden!

[@thefacelessnarrator]

I saw one image of the pneumatic tubes elsewhere and wanted to know more, your video gave me everything I wanted to know and then some. Much appreciated!

[@jeffreymason7049]

Very interesting vidoes - keep up the good work, dude! Your video editing is getting better and better!

[@cxc]

Thanks mate!

[@vicdmise]

That would be pronounced: "PRAHG".

[@Dontbelikedad]

Yea..please get a manager

[@nottheone582]

haha yeah that really bothered me too

[@vicdmise]

@@Dontbelikedad it's not "tomato" or "tomahto"...There's only one way to say it.

[@Gothamish]

And "duh-PEW." Not "DEP-yew."

[@cxc]

I've been informed. I'll say it correctly next time

[@MarkusSchober]

Interesting topic, and I love the depth of research!

[@P9REPORT]

glad to see you are still making content James.

[@cxc]

Sounds like you know me

[@Bombbashable]

I love Pneumatic Tubes. I wish we lived in the future that these tubes promised.

[@cxc]

That future will definitely happen. We might travel in pneumatic tubes one day

[@bunnyfreakz]

Main reason is not money but lobbying from car company to selling a car to post office.

[@delldell21]

This channel is criminality undersubscribed. Keep up the good work!

[@Bucket1274]

I honestly didnt know this was a thing until now, thanks for the little history trip

[@Bucket1274]

Thank you for the heart

[@maximiIiaan]

Thanks, this was a very interesting video. If you'd get a better mic, I think your channel can really blow up

[@ll1881ll]

Excellent video thank you

[@cxc]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@richardpadilla7190]

Very interesting , I've learned something today . Thank you for sharing

[@abecoulter8550]

finally a video where im not being yelled at from the beginning to like share and sub....so much nicer to watch

[@rutadelsolec]

Gracias por la explicación.

[@rustyholt6619]

that was cool exept for the pullout at the end where you dident say ware,,, anyhow peace

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Thanks for such a cool video; I really enjoyed it!

[@cxc]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Srinathji_Das]

Great video! 👍

[@ethanschumacher7393]

Thank you for that. your thorough that's what I like to see

[@frankschipani7682]

Really interesting. I learned something new. What cool system.

[@ianmarcinkowski]

So awesome! This gives me some great Urban exploration vibes!

[@ThomasDaBombas]

I can't believe they sent a cat in it! haha

[@xsuploader]

animal ethics wasnt big back then. People did all sorts of crazy things.

[@El_Dean_M]

Pretty fascinating stuff...great research.

[@freddymilkovich5169]

interesting bit of history. thanks for making a video about it!

[@jadethom7908]

Tuber Eats!

[@user-ed7dy1mq9u]

Good video! I especially liked the specification portion. I do think you need a better outside mic though.

[@doglegjake6788]

Could you imagine if somebody took a dump in that thing ? I'm sure it would circulate through the entire system. 😂

[@cxc]

🤣🤣🤣

[@everberry51]

Really appreciate these informative vids!!

[@NostalgicNell]

Still the coolest thing ever.

[@TriPham-sn9jj]

Water main had screen straining receiving station so package send in water flow to station open receiving into strainer and water keep on going but each pipe is 16 in diameter so money , money banking , and city secret message use in tube of 5 in by 8 in

[@MatAK49]

I am always researching odds and ends of little or unknown history and this morning I decided to research pneumatic tubes as a coworker wondered aloud the other day about how they worked. Then I find this channel and am hooked. I'm subscribing to your channel. P.S. Either the speakers are going on the fritz or a better microphone is needed...?

[@mikem5043]

Very informative and well produced video! My only interaction with that type of messaging was with drive-thru banking.

[@fartkerson]

Yes! I remember drive-thru banks having tubes, as well!

[@sammie7641]

@@fartkerson they still do

[@fartkerson]

@@sammie7641 How odd. Where I live we only have drive through ATMs. It's been decades since I've seen a bank with pneumatic tubes. If it wasn't replaced with an ATM, it was shut down and you have to park and wait in line. By the time I was old enough to get a job and deposit my checks they've been gone. My only memory of these tubes is from when I was a child.

[@robkrueger8803]

Great video and very informative! Keep it up

[@ChrisSmith-jz2wq]

Great video, thanks for making this.

[@ryhol5417]

God can you imagine, yeah mail me a fresh roast beef sandwich? Just send it to the tube I don’t want to leave

[@cb831]

Cool story

[@CSHAMILTON]

Interesting Video. A few tips: the white text on the black background is too fine to see clearly - use a thicker font like Arial. Also Prague is pronounced with a short A, not a long A.

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

No, it's pronounced with the "aw" sound.

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

"The person... were"?

[@vsenderov]

Series of tubes...

[@thephantom1492]

Nice video, but tune down your mic, you have some annoying distortion because the gain is too high...

[@Dave-lr2wo]

Nicely done. Subbed.

[@gleslie2]

Where is the metric units? Pneumatic tube system more expensive than delivery trucks? I doubt that.

[@charliebrown1006]

Quality content

[@RJLupin-zu9xv]

Wow. That cat part is pretty fucked up.

[@yarddriver6020]

Well done

[@MrSweeperUSA]

Just tell us where the tubes are!!!!!

[@peterlindner3283]

Is it economically feasible today?

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Why _not_ tell us where it is?

[@cxc]

Get the CityXcape app

[@michaelggriffiths]

Great content

[@StolenPw]

That poor cat

[@V0S1N0]

Audio seems to be all over the place with headphones on. Very distracting.

[@maheshjarange5597]

Interesting

[@HaGsWT]

Blacklist brought me here ;D

[@karlfasselt8230]

So futuristic

[@xsuploader]

and yet this is from 100 years ago. Kind of weird right ?

[@yisabc1]

Fascinating

[@I967]

Nah, somebody wanted to kill it so they killed it. Had the rent not been such an extortion scheme, they could have continued using it just fine for express mail. The lady at the post office would just ask you "snail or tube?" and they could have kept it. Also they could have made it into a local attraction. Here in Prague the system still exists, it was being used until it was damaged during the 2002 flood and currently it is waiting to be restored.

[@josephdadey]

Well done video... You got a new subscriber :)

[@makarovtheplat1805]

Gives me Control: the Foundation vibes....

[@cjh1229]

Very interesting!

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Haha, if you're going to use a black-and-white video it seems like it would make sense to find some film transfer that's period-correct, or at least a photo, instead of just grayscaling modern-day video.

[@LouiesLog]

So cool - apart from mailing moggies, I don't like that

[@Gov.audits]

Today it would be much more efficient with practically 0 maintenance using carbon fiber tubes

[@Sssssssht]

All I got from this was, in america a bible, the constitution and a flag will get you a newspaper and some flowers.

[@KyleNB]

Interesting!

[@rednola9892]

Pneumatic Nail Lube

[@BCSShubhamShrivastava]

Who is here from reddit

[@JazzyBabe56]

poor kitty!

[@Willard_and_Wee-un]

Oh no! Two of my shotguns are missing and I can't find my cats. I think this video made them go postal. They've always been pretty wobbly, spouting off how "an injury to one is an injury to all" and other similar nonsense.

[@the_egg_]

Are you insane or am I just missing a joke?

[@Willard_and_Wee-un]

@@the_egg_ They shot a cat through the machine so I pretended that I had cats and shotguns and that the cats were radical, anarchist, union members outraged by the working conditions of a fellow cat. The phrase I used was directly from the Industrial Workers of the World, a prominent union at the beginning of the 20th century, who use to be referred to as "wobbly pops." Furthermore, an angry black cat was an IWW symbol. Also, I'm insane.

[@sekelus]

great video, next time at the very least equalize your audio

[@reelbytes6447]

The pneumatic mail system was a system of tubes

[@MrKadvaga]

Brilliant observation

[@wazza33racer]

it just plain sucked.....it couldnt cope with the pressure.

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

HAWWW!

[@jwiegley]

Cost analysis... even if the volume increased to 200,000 letter per day it would cost 13 cents per letter just to lease the tube system today. Not worth the cost.

[@straat9066]

P-raig? Prog...lol

[@ChrisZChrisZ]

🙀😿😾

[@michaelscott4718]

1000th like

[@spacemansabs]

prage....

[@HelloKittyFanMan]

Huhh?

[@okram2k]

Interesting stuff. Plz don't ever use thin light grey text on a black background ever again.

[@TPTP8080]

It isn’t bad and matches the video

[@cxc]

Got it!

[@45omerta]

Telephones is why they stopped using it.

[@joemedley195]

It’s pronounced ‘prog’, not ‘praig’.