The ghost of a dead laborer still haunts this traffic tunnel. 'Big John Henry' died from a stroke after an exhausting contest with a machine. In 1870, the two hundred pound black man took on a Burleigh steam powered drill to see who could drill more holes. Big John won but paid for it with his life. The sound of his hammering is still heard in the tunnel.Same source,p.449. 33 DEGREE How it changed my life:Some debate the actual event taking place, as legend says it did, but it does make a good story; man vs machine.
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