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Encyclopedia > Hoosac Range

The Hoosac Range is a Western Massachusetts mountain range which is part of the Appalachian Mountains and an extension of the Vermont Green Mountains. Its highest peak is Crum Hill, with an elevation of 2,841 feet.


The 4.74 mile Hoosac Tunnel passes through the range.


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Hoosac Tunnel - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (1056 words)
The Hoosac Tunnel (also called Hoosic or Hoosick Tunnel) is a 4.75-mile-long railroad tunnel through the Hoosac Range, which is an extension of Vermont's Green Mountains.
The tunnel project was originally proposed in 1819 as a canal to connect Boston to Upstate New York via the Deerfield River on the east of the Hoosac Range and the Hoosic River on the west.
One of the many engineering challenges posed by the project was lining up the four tunnels that were being dug: the east and west portal tunnels, and the two tunnels dug outward from the central shaft.
Encyclopedia: Hoosac Tunnel (1432 words)
The Hoosac Tunnel is a 4.75-mile-long railroad tunnel through the Hoosac Range, which is an extension of Vermont's Green Mountains.
The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont.
'Hoosac' is an Algonquian word meaning 'place of stones.' The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (others are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California).
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