Front:
ADISTANCE
RAPID TRANSIT
SAVE TIME
TAKE
ROUTE
HOOSAC
C.FRANK RING LTN.
SHORTEST LINE
BETWEEN
CARRYING THE UNITED STATES
MAIL
EAST AND WEST
General Office
250 WASHINGTON ST BOSTON
Sam Finlay Gen Agent
32 WINTER ST BOSTON
Hoosac Tunnel Centennial
1873-1973
Back:
1873 HOOSAC TUNNEL CENTENNIAL 1973
Commenced in 1851, this famous Railroad
Tunnel was blasted through 4 3/4 miles of
granite beneath the Hoosac Mountain Range
near North Adams, Mass. Providing the first
practical use of nitroglycerine, it was com-
pleted on November 27, 1873 at a cost of 195
lives. The two headings met with an error of
only 9/16 of an inch.
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1972 Crown Specialty Advertising, Inc., North Adams, Mass.
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