MSNBCW The Rachel Maddow Show August 12, 2017
Transportation. He got into the business of shipping by sea and also by land. By the civil war era Cornelius Vanderbilt was one of americas Great Railroad tycoons. Before there was ever a Grand Central station in new york city, there was a Grand Central depot that Cornelius Vanderbilt created as a terminal for his train lines in new york city. To this day theres a street that runs right up one side of Grand Central station thats called vanderbilt avenue. Thats named after him. And for years, for decades, on the other side of Grand Central station, on the other side of it from vanderbilt avenue...