Zachary Cracks -

The date was April 16, 1979. At 7:42 AM, the first drill bit touched the stress point.

In the small, windswept town of Hardwick, no term is spoken with more reverence—or more dread—than the . Zachary Cracks

To the untrained eye, they are nothing more than a network of fissures in the old slate quarry, a series of geometric fractures that look like a giant’s roadmap. To the residents, however, they are a living testament to the fine line between brilliance and catastrophe. The date was April 16, 1979