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Gedenktafel zu John Henry am Big-Bend-Tunnel. John Henry ist ein legendärer US-amerikanischer Volksheld. Seine Historizität ist umstritten. Seine Lebensdaten sind unbekannt (ca. 1840–1870). [1] [2] Die Überlieferung erzählt folgende Geschichte: John Henry war als freigelassener Schwarzer als Bahnarbeiter beschäftigt.
- John W. Henry – Wikipedia
John William Henry II (* 13. September 1949 in Quincy,...
- John Henry – Wikipedia
John Henry ist der Name folgender Personen: John Henry...
- John W. Henry – Wikipedia
John Henry is an American folk hero. An African American freedman, he is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"—a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into a rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel.
13. Mai 2024 · John Henry. Statue of John Henry, near Talcott, West Virginia. John Henry, hero of a widely sung African American folk ballad. It describes his contest with a steam drill, in which John Henry crushed more rock than did the machine but died “with his hammer in his hand.”.
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John William Henry II (born September 13, 1949) [2] is an American businessman and the founder of John W. Henry & Company, an investment management firm. He is the principal owner of Liverpool Football Club, the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Penguins, The Boston Globe, and co-owner of RFK Racing.
9. Dez. 2020 · According to the historian Carlene Hempel , John Henry, the best and fastest of the thousand workers on the C&O Railway, took up two hammers in an attempt to prove the enduring value of the human labor of himself and his fellow steel drivers. In a steel-driving race against the machine, it is said that Henry managed to drill 14 feet into the ...
