BOSTON, Dec. 12. The most important event in the history of the Hoosie Tunnel took place today. The heading from the central shaft met and effected a junction with the heading from the east end ...

One of the worst casualties occurred in October 1867 in the tunnel’s central shaft. As the miners dug ... connecting the east and west sides of the Hoosac Tunnel was finally done on ...

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and especially the interesting structures shown by the accumulation of rock which was drawn from the central shaft of the Hoosac tunnel." The tailings from that vertical bore constituted an enormous ...

Construction of the Hoosac Tunnel claimed the lives of 195 workers ... According to local historian Paul Marino, the Central Shaft, through which men and supplies were lowered to the central ...

On Thanksgiving Day in 1874, the last 16 feet of solid rock was blasted away to link the two sections of the Hoosac Tunnel that had been started on opposite Skip to main content You ...

About the Hoosac Tunnel and Central Shaft, there's always been stories. There's a lot still going on and there will be more to continue until long after we're gone." There is already a memorial in ...

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It was carved into the Hoosac Mountains in the late 1800s ... Two years later, 13 miners were buried alive in the central shaft of the tunnel when a candle ignited naphtha fumes, setting off ...

Much interesting knowledge in this caption was lately given by James Hayward, engineer, on the examination before the Massachusetts Committee respecting the Hoosac ... shafts. The material in this ...

Jerry Kelley, a Hoosac Tunnel historian, brought a scaled model of the central shaft to display at the dedication. He said he constructed the model using the original prints as a guide.

Construction of the Hoosac Tunnel claimed the lives of 195 workers ... According to local historian Paul Marino, the Central Shaft, through which men and supplies were lowered to the central ...