Found inside – Page 225Hoosac Mountain , east summit Hoosac Tunnel , central shaft , 829L over tunnel , 2,269L Hoosac Tunnel , west portal , 766L Hoosac Tunnel , east portal , 766L GOSHEN , CT . Ivy Mountain , . . HINSDALE . Feet above tide . . SALISBURY , CT. Found inside – Page 132It is composed of the earth taken out of the open cutting at the western portal of the Hoosac Tunnel . The embankment of the railroad is built as far as the highway , and the road to the tunnel follows the embankment . For an account of what is to ... Found inside – Page 7056–59 Hoosac Marble Co., ground limestone for agriculture prepared by............ - 59 Hoosac Tunnel, west portal, description of specimen from outcrop ... Found inside – Page 47... an eastward freight toward the HoosacTunnel's west portal. By 1945, B&M had enough diesels to retire its short Hoosac Tunnel electrification. Found insideMassachusetts. Commissioners on Troy and Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Tunnel. Continuation of the Road from the West End of the Tunnel to the extreme Western Section at North Adams . This line has been three times surveyed . Found inside – Page 14The height of the eastern summit of the mountain ,. East finished . 200 ft . Shaft . Central HR oth West . West Shaft , 320 ft . 592 ft . 110 ft . West Portal * Commissioners ' Report of 1863 , p . 41. 11 [ May , T. & G. R. R. AND HOOSAC TUNNEL . Found inside – Page 106766 feet above tide West Portal , ft above tide level East Portal , 766 Figure 3.10 : A profile of the Hoosac Tunnel showing shaft and summit locations . Found inside – Page 46It may be briefly stated that in December last , after the heading from the West portal had been carried forward 111 feet , progress was stopped by an inlet of water from a brook overhead and a spring below . This water operating on the rotten ... Found inside – Page 9Electrified Door Guards Tunnel West Portal of Hoosac Tunnel with its new 3,500 pound door lowered to prevent cold wind entering the tunnel . The metal door and its overhead canopy will be allowed to season for a year before being painted ... Found inside – Page 35To understand this clearly requires some acquaintance with the situation of the ground at the west portal of the Hoosac Tunnel . Just to the west of that portal there is a hill , through which the Haupt Tunnel was built . An open cut for the railroad ... Found inside – Page 104HOOSAC THE Hoosac TUNNEL , West PORTAL , NORTH ADAMS , MASSACHUSETTS . A company of men took up the Hoosac Tunnel project , which had been agitated ... Found inside – Page 6A few miles to the southwest again , in the vicinity of the east portal of Hoosac Tunnel ( Chidester and others , 1967 ; Herz , 1961 ) , the Rowe abruptly ... Found inside – Page 248A FREIGHT leaves the Hoosac Tunnel from the west portal . It took 25 years to complete this structure through the Berkshires . tunnel over a mile long had been deemed practical . Yet in 1852 the planners of a Boston to the Great Lakes route ... Found inside – Page 16View of the West PORTAL OF THE HOOSAC TUNNEL Fig . 4. SHOWING LINE CONSTRUCTION IN THE TUNNEL Fic. By Warren O. Rogers In 1840 plans were made for tunneling the Hoosac mountain , but after several experimental failures ... Found inside – Page 130This would require the use of assistant power to take to the tunnel the trains arriving at North Adams from the west , and this might ... I will , however , assume the grade at the west portal of the tunnel to be raised but 25 feet , which will afford great relief , by lifting the road bed ... then stand thus , very nearly : Ascending eastward from west portal at 264 feet per mile 130 REPORT ON THE HOOSAC TUNNEL . Found insideTHE HOOSAC TUNNEL, WEST PORTAL, NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS. A company of men took up the Hoosac Tunnel project, which had been agitated periodically since ... Found inside – Page 608... the work necessary in operating the tunnel doors at West portal of Hoosac Tunnel , as is evidenced by the following letter : " North Adams , Mass . Found inside – Page 7059 Hoosac Tunnel , west portal , description of specimen from outcrop northwest 29 Hoosac Valley Lime Co. , descriptions of rocks from quarries of . Found inside – Page 13established on Row's Head , which lies several thousand feet east of the east portal , to the one on Notch Mountain would pass directly through the centre of those on the east and west summits of the Hoosac . From these , the portals of the ... Found inside – Page 21To Ogdensburg Sackets Harbor i Railroad never built HOOSAC'S PLACE IN THE BIG PICTURE Lake Champlaint North Creek Scale in miles 50 25 75 100 ... Hoosac Tunnel freight route -- General Burt's Central Massachusetts - Boston , Hoosac Tunnel & Western - West Shore Trunk Line , 1877 Fitchburg RR's ... WEST PORTAL of Hoosac features new electric storm door on the face of ancient masonry . Found inside – Page 57B&M FTs exit the Hoosac Tunnel's west portal with a westward freight on September 10, 1955. The railroad's early mainline dieselization enabled it to ... Found inside... and is distant from the East Portal of the tunnel 6,100 feet. The western summit is 2,510 feet above tidewater 1,788 feet above the Hoosac River, ... Found inside – Page 8The western summit is 2,510 feet above tide-water 1,788 feet above the Hoosac River, 1,718 feet above the grade of the railroad, and 6,700 feet distant from the West Portal. Each portal of the tunnel is 766 feet above tide-water. The summits ... Found inside – Page 173W est Portal The walk from the central shaft to the west portal was longer ... Still , I hope the Hoosac Tunnel will keep its secrets for years to come . Found inside – Page 13... whose charter , first granted in 1853 , and last renewed in 1869 , authorizes the construction of a railroad from the west portal of the Hoosac Tunnel , in the town of Adams , through the towns of Adams , Williamstown and Hancock , to the line ... Found inside – Page 22... respectively , in charge of the west end , central and east end sections ... portal varies only by po of a foot from the result of 22 [ Apr. HOOSAC TUNNEL . Found inside – Page 130Commissioners on Troy and Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Tunnel, John W. Brooks ... I will , however , assume the grade at the west portal of the tunnel to be raised but 25 feet , which will afford great relief , by lifting the road bed out of ... Andrew R. Black’s Buried Dreams refreshes public memory of the project, explaining how a plan of such magnitude and cost came to be in the first place, what forces sustained its completion, and the factors that inhibited its success. Found inside – Page xxxviiiAppointed Under Acts of 1874, Chapter 403 Boston, Hoosac Tunnel, and Western Railroad Company ... doubt that the arching should be continuous to a point not far from 10,000 feet ( or station 100 ) westerly of the west portal of the Tunnel . Found inside – Page 17ZETOR 4204 Voyageur Press collection Below : These two postcard views of the west portal of the Hoosac Tunnel show it before and after electrification . Found inside – Page 80The West Shaft enlargement in both directions , will be finished . The West End arch will have moved 140 feet east , and made a total progress of 600 feet , from the West Portal . September 1 , 1869. - East End work advance in the 20 months ... Found inside – Page 593.3 Nitroglycerine at the Hoosac Tunnel As was mentioned in Section 2.3 , blasting at the ... manufacturing plant near the western portal of the tunnel . Found inside – Page 215WEST PORTAL OF HOOSAC TUNNEL before completion , 1868 , showing six rings of lining brick . ( Photo courtesy of State Library , Commonwealth of ... Found inside – Page 13... whose charter , first granted in 1853 , and last renewed in 1869 , authorizes the construction of a railroad from the west portal of the Hoosac Tunnel , in the town of Adams , through the towns of Adams , Williamstown and Hancock , to the line ... Found inside – Page 316The tunnel was arched from the west portal to the vicinity of the west shaft , previous to ... + The following history of Hoosac Tunnel has been compiled by the author chiefly from the Massachusetts Legislative Reports , running from 1848 to ... Found insideEcon 314150.25 1819 1826 1848 1850 1851 1874 1875 25,081 24 20 26 24 7,573 30,000,000 Canal Tunnel first ... from east portal to central shaft , feet Distance from west portal to central shaft , feet Water running through drain out of west ... Found inside... double - track Chooch 8370 Random stone Woodland Scenics 1255 Eroded limestone AIM Products 130 Hoosac Tunnel west portal Mountains in Minutes 104 ... Found inside – Page 10The western summit is 2,510 feet above tide - water 1,788 feet above the Hoosac River , 1,718 feet above the grade of the railroad , and 6,700 feet distant from the West Portal . Each portal of the tunnel is 766 feet above tide - water . Found inside – Page 54Tunnel , and hereby authorizes said Print - Works to take and convey the same , with such other waters as said Arnold PrintWorks shall ... land of the Commonwealth as shall be designated by the manager of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Tunnel ; and said ... provided such quantity shall not be in excess of the quantity flowing during the same time from said West Portal , and , in case of a ... Found inside – Page 130I will , however , assume the grade at the west portal of the tunnel to be raised but 25 feet , which will afford great relief , by lifting the road bed out of material of the worst character før tunnelling , as the experience gained in driving 550 feet ... Found inside – Page 220... of approximately 250 and is located on CP RAIL'S Bredenbury Subdivision at mile 27.6 , about 170 miles west of ... the laying of welded rail from the west portal of the Hoosac Tunnel near North Adams , Massachusetts , to Charlemont ... Found inside – Page 21There being 22 , 150 feet to be bored when the Commissioners commenced , and they having bored 540 feet , there remained , ( deducting the distance between the West Shaft and the west portal , 2 , 410 feet , ) 19 , 200 feet to be ... Found inside – Page 316The tunnel was arched from the west portal to the vicinity of the west shaft , previous to examination , and there was ... + The following history of Hoosac Tunnel has been compiled by the author chiefly from the Massachusetts Legislative ... Found insideThe Hoosac Tunnel exhibit in the visitor's center in Western Gateway Heritage State Park ... The east portal can still be viewed from River Road in Florida. Found inside – Page 130This would require the use of assistant power to take to the tunnel the trains arriving at North Adams from the west , and this might perhaps ... I will , however , assume the grade at the west portal of the tunnel to be raised but 25 feet , which will afford great relief , by lifting the road ... 130 REPORT ON THE HOOSAC TUNNEL . Found inside – Page 164He saw opportunity in the Hoosac Tunnel project, moved east, and built a nitroglycerine works near the west portal of the tunnel (Fig. 3.8). Found inside – Page xxxvii... Appointed Under Acts of 1874, Chapter 403 ; January, 1875 Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railroad Company ... From station 100 ( 10,000 feet ) to station 25 ( 2,500 feet ) measuring from the west portal , there is an improvement in ... Found inside – Page 9The completion of this work is nearly all that will remain to be done under Mr. Farren's contracts west of the Hoosac Tunnel ; he having finished work under his contract of May 13 , 1875 , between the western portal of Hoosac Tunnel and the ... 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