WHEN LIFE IS ON THE LINE: 1st suicide-prevention phones installed on Mid-Hudson Bridge in 1984 (videos)

POUGHKEEPSIE — Twenty-six years ago, a despondent man went onto the Mid-Hudson Bridge with the intent to jump from the span to his death. Instead, he opened a small metal box that had been placed on the bridge only months before. It was an act that saved the suicidal man’s life and put Dutchess County on the road to history.

Morse's Telegraph

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Improved Rail-Road Cars

Editor's note: We celebrate Scientific American's 165th anniversary on August 28 with this reproduction of what amounts to the cover story . Interestingly, the story states that passengers would comfortably be "flying" at 30 to 40 miles per hour; contrast that with the last line of the " Morse's Telegraph " story in the same issue, which described railroad cars as "slow and tedious."   [More]

Mobile network systems have become essential, integral part of our existence

By Ray Perryman

Local bridge suicide prevention phone acquired by Smithsonian

POUGHKEEPSIE – The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC has acquired a suicide prevention phone from the Mid-Hudson Bridge that spans between Poughkeepsie and Highland.