Hoosac Tunnel
- Vicinity: From North Adams on the W to the Deerfield River on the E
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1851/00/00 | Workers using gunpowder begin construction on the Hoosac Tunnel. Progress was slow as each blast produced only a few feet of shattered rock. | |||||
| 1853/03/00 | An early tunnel boring machine seizes and grinds to a halt 10 feet into Hoosac Mountain, remaining trapped for many years. | |||||
| 1866/00/00 | Thomas Doane | Engineer | Thomas Doane designs the original arched section of the Hoosac Tunnel. Mr Doane resigned in 1867. | |||
| 1866/00/00 | Peter Meisch | Chief Engineer | Nitroglycerin is tried in the Hoosac for the first time with great success by Tal P Shaffner, under the direction of chief engineer Thomas Doane. | Invention of Dynamite | ||
| 1866/00/00 | Alfred Nobel | Inventor | Nitroglycerin is tried in the Hoosac for the first time with great success by Tal P Shaffner, under the direction of chief engineer Thomas Doane. | Invention of Dynamite | ||
| 1866/06/00 | Benjamin H Latrobe II | Consulting Engineer | Benjamin H Latrobe is retained as consulting engineer on the Hoosac Tunnel. Machine rock drills are regulaly introdusce in the east heading in June. | |||
| 1875/00/00 | Hoosac Tunnel built, construction began in 1851 (estimated cost $2 million) and the first trains passed through in 1875 (total cost $21 million). Two million tons of rock were carved out of the Berkshire Mountain range to build the tunnel. | |||||
| 1875/02/08 | Edward S Philbrick | Consulting Engineer | Edward S Philbrick, Massachusetts's Consulting Engineer for the Hoosac Tunnel, resigns on the completion of the Shanty contract which completed the central potion Hoosac Tunnel. | |||
| 1875/04/00 | Michael C Collins | Contractor | Thomas Doane is retained as consulting engineer by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to complete the arching of the Hoosac Tunnel. Twenty million bricks are used to line the Hoosac tunnel walls. | |||
| 1875/04/00 | Peter Meisch | Consulting Engineer | Thomas Doane is retained as consulting engineer by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to complete the arching of the Hoosac Tunnel. Twenty million bricks are used to line the Hoosac tunnel walls. |
| Particulars for Hoosac Tunnel: | |
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| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Railroad |
| Sight Category | Structure |
| Area of Significance | Transportation |
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