The Great Bore
A Souvenir Of The Hoosac Tunnel
Forfatter: J.L. Harrison
År: 1891
Forlag: Advance Job Print Works
Sted: North Adams
Sider: 74
UDK: 624.19
A History Of The Tunnel, With Sketches Of North Adams, Its Vicinity And Drives; Williams-Town And Mount Greylock
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distance of thirty-eight and a half feet apart. They
throw out bright, cheerful flashes of light as the
train rushes past them, giving the passenger a cer-
tain feeling of security and enabling him to see in
turn the rough stone and the smooth brick arching
of the tunnel’s sides and roof.
This historical sketch of the tunnel would be in-
complete without some mention of its approaches
and the mountain through which it passes, of the
accidents and éscapes connected with its working,
of the marvelous lines run by Engineer Wederkinch
and of Professor Mowbray and his nitro-glycerine.