150 years on, the Hoosac Tunnel tells a story of vision, risk, tragedy beneath the Berkshires
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150 years on, the Hoosac Tunnel tells a story of vision, risk, tragedy beneath the Berkshires
Historian Carl R. Byron recalls the highs and lows of the building of the Hoosac Tunnel. When it was complete, it was the longest tunnel in North America.
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Hoosac Tunnel History
The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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Next to the East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel is a stone laid sluice which originates at the base of Twin Cascade in Florida. This was built by the railroad to both use and control the water flowing down the mountain to the Deerfield River. The stone walls are built high to protect the buildings and the tunnel from flooding. The trail to the waterfalls follows alongside and then dissappears under River Road only to come out again with a beautiful stone arch to tumble into the Deerfield. Our hike
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Next to the East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel is a stone laid sluice which originates at the base of Twin Cascade in Florida. This was built by the railroad to both use and control the water flowing down the mountain to the Deerfield River. The stone walls are built high to protect the buildings and the tunnel from flooding. The trail to the waterfalls follows alongside and then dissappears under River Road only to come out again with a beautiful stone arch to tumble into the Deerfield. Our hike
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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An eastbound freight rolls past at Rowe, Massachusetts. On the other side of the Deerfield River in Florida, we see a westbound. The 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel is just behind us. From the BKVP show "This is the Guilford Rail System" https://rfd.video/GRS | Railfan Depot
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An eastbound freight rolls past at Rowe, Massachusetts. On the other side of the Deerfield River in Florida, we see a westbound. The 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel is just behind us. From the BKVP show "This is the Guilford Rail System" https://rfd.video/GRS | Railfan Depot
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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The Haunting of the Hoosac Tunnel is one of my favourite ghost stories and I had so much fun re-visiting it for this post! #hoosac #hoosactunnel #Paranormal #ParanormalActivity #ParanormalInvestigation #GhostHunting #GhostHunters #Haunted #HauntedPlaces #HauntedHouse #ParanormalEvidence #SpiritCommunication | Real Life Ghost Stories
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Visiting the Hoosac Tunnel: the Most Haunted Place in MA
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An eastbound freight rolls past at Rowe, Massachusetts. On the other side of the Deerfield River in Florida, we see a westbound. The 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel is just behind us. From the BKVP show "This is the Guilford Rail System" https://rfd.video/GRS | Railfan Depot
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An eastbound freight rolls past at Rowe, Massachusetts. On the other side of the Deerfield River in Florida, we see a westbound. The 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel is just behind us. From the BKVP show "This is the Guilford Rail System" https://rfd.video/GRS | Railfan Depot
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_____ important railroad tunnel in the US was cut through the Hoosac Mountains in Massachuset
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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The Hoosac Tunnel was expected to take about 4 1/2 years to finish. Geologists said that there would be no major obstacles, no water problems, and no weak earth. None of this turned out to be true. In the end it took 23 years, 195 lives and estimates between 17 and 21 million dollars. In 1881 double tracking was added. On February 9, 1875 the first train passed through the tunnel (carrying a few flatbeds and a boxcar filled with people), on April 5th the first freight train passed, finally on Oc
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Our hike at the East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel in Florida included finding the history here of the railroad and how it has changed over the years. The Northern route across Western Mass was created as an answer to the Western Railroad which ran from Westfield thru Chester and the Keystone Arches. There was no northern route, hence the building the hoosac tunnel thru the impassable mountains. The Trestle over the Deerfield river is a very important piece of the East Portal. It brings the rail l
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