The Great Bore
A Souvenir Of The Hoosac Tunnel

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