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 ...

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the engineering plan called for three vertical shafts dug from the top of the Hoosac range down to the main tunnel to facilitate the disposal of debris. The central shaft — 1,028 feet deep ...

On Oct. 19, 1867, the miners -- an unlucky 13 of them -- were at work about 580 feet underground at the base of the Central Shaft, one of two vertical ventilation chutes leading from the surface to ...

NORTH ADAMS, Mass., Sept. 9. -- The railroad wreck a short distance from the central shaft in Hoosac Tunnel Saturday night was one of the worst which ever took place in this vicinity. By it two ...

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 ...

The Hoosac Tunnel, with all the delays ... When the headings from the central shaft and from the eastern portal came together, as come together they did, their alignments swerved from each ...

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 ...

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.

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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 ...

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