April 26, 2021 12:30 pm EDT
On April 26, 1956 an oil tanker customized to carry standardized metal crates left Port Newark, NJ for Houston, TX, marking the first commercially successful containerized shipment. Over the next 30 years, containerized cargo would come to dominate the shipping industry and create a new global economy. Marc Levinson, author of The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, joins us to share the story of the shipping container and how it changed the world.
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Submarine History of the Brooklyn Navy Yard | Virtual Program | Sunday, April 11
The Beatles in NYC with Judy Vannais | Virtual Program | Thursday, April 15
Great Trees of New York with Allison C. Meier | Virtual Program | Thursday, April 22
The World in a Box: The 65th Anniversary of Containerized Shipping with Marc Levinson | Virtual Program | Monday, April 26
Olmsted and America’s Urban Parks: Documentary and Discussion | Monday, April 26
