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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moulded by Berkshire’s most distinguished son,
Mark Hopkins, until to-day it ranks among the best,
if not among the largest, of the American colleges.
ADAMS.
Adams can be reached by three roads, the east
road, a continuation of South Church street; the
west road, following the line of the Hoosac Valley
street railroad, and the Notch road, through the
Notch valley. Going by the east and returning by
the west road is a pleasant drive of twelve miles;
returning by the Notch road makes the drive some
two miles longer.
Following the east road, the first object of interest
after passing the resident part of Church street, is
a large pile of rocks standing by the side of the road
two miles south of the town. This embankment is
formed of rocks blasted from the tunnel and
dumped here for want of a better place. Just north
of the embankment a narrow, stony road winds its
way past the west portal of the tunnel to the west
shaft. A side excursion to the tunnel’s mouth will
occupy but a few minutes. A few rods from the
smoky entrance is a block signal station and the
electric plant which runs the incandescent lights in
the tunnel. Two miles further south, on the main