Before Boston's Big Dig

Before Boston started the Big Dig, there was the Hoosac Tunnel -- maybe the biggest tunnel of all time.

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January 6, 2001, 12:00 PM PST

This Boston Globe feature allows readers to compare the Big Dig with the original Great Bore: "In this state with a penchant for extreme excavation, the Hoosac Tunnel set the standard for the 19th century -- and maybe for all time. Once the longest tunnel in the country, the almost 20-foot-high railway passage was bored through 4.8 miles of rock under Mount Hoosac in the Berkshires over 24 years."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Hoosac Tunnel dug state into a hole long before Big Dig

Saturday, January 6, 2001 in The Boston Globe

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