[DOC] [TLE] John Henry: The Steel Driving Man: From Heroes & Champions at ... [PAR] John Henry, he would spend his day's drilling holes by hitting thick steel spikes 
into rocks ... He had a steam-powered drill and claimed it could out-drill any man. 
Well, they set up a contest then and there between John Henry and that there drill
. ... John Henry, he just pulled out two 20-pound hammers, one in each hand. [DOC] [TLE] John Henry (folklore) - Wikipedia [PAR] John Henry is an African American folk hero. He is said to have worked as a "
steel-driving man"a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make 
holes for ... He took a lot of pride in his work and he hated to see a machine take 
the work ... Nelson asserts that a steam drill race at the Big Bend Tunnel would 
have... [DOC] [TLE] John Henry - What's New - Ibiblio [PAR] Once let the Black man get upon his person the brass letters, U.S., let him get an 
eagle ... John Henry, he would spend his day's drilling holes by hitting thick steel 
spikes into ... John Henry, he just pulled out two 20 pound hammers, one in each 
hand. .... by automation, he challenged that Steam Drill to a contest, and won. [DOC] [TLE] John Henry, Casey Jones, & Johhny Appleseed Stories [PAR] John Henry, he would spend his day's drilling holes by hitting thick steel spikes 
into rocks ... He had a steam-powered drill and claimed it could out-drill any man. 
Well, they set up a contest then and there between John Henry and that there drill
. ... John Henry, he just pulled out two 20-pound hammers, one in each hand. [DOC] [TLE] WebQuest: John Henry ....A Steel Driving Man: created with Zunal ... [PAR] John Henry, he would spend his day's drilling holes by hitting thick steel spikes 
into rocks ... He had a steam-powered drill and claimed it could out-drill any man. 
Well, they set up a contest then and there between John Henry and that there drill
. ... John Henry, he just pulled out two 20-pound hammers, one in each hand. [DOC] [TLE] Man vs Machine: Who Has Won The Most Contests In History ... [PAR] Jun 7, 2016 ... He was challenged to a competition against a steam powered drillwhich ... 
John was the type of guy to have two 20 pound hammers just lying around ... 
Soundtrack aside, the steam drill dug a 9 foot hole while John Henry dug two 7 ... 
259  209 in the favour of Chris Barnes and us, his bipedal home side. [DOC] [TLE] Ten Characters from American Folk Tales - Big Sky Library [PAR] Ethan Allen sat down in the dentist's chair and instructed his friend to remove a 
tooth. ... as he once chased her across the fields, and did not give up until he had 
won the .... He had a steam-powered drill and claimed it could out-drill any man. 
... sometimes you can hear the sound of two 20-pound hammers drilling their way
... [DOC] [TLE] John Henry: African American folk hero | Kentake Page [PAR] Feb 7, 2016 ... John Henry was a steel-driving man who challenged a steam drill to prove the 
worth of human labour; he won, but his heart gave out ... He used a 14-pound 
hammer to drill, some historians believe, 10 to 20 feet in a 12-hour ... He would 
spend his day's drilling holes by hitting thick steel spikes into rocks... [DOC] [TLE] John Henry - West Virginia Division of Culture and History [PAR] He was one of a thousand men and boys who worked like dogs and died like 
dogs driving ... That he died from overexertion in the contest seems somewhat 
less likely, ... but all agree that he was superbly muscled and an artist with his 
hammers. ... If John Henry really did work himself to death against the steam drill, 
it was a... [DOC] [TLE] History News Network | On the Trail of the Real John Henry

Question: With his 20-pound hammers, he won a hole drillin' contest against a man with a steam-powered drill
Answer: John Henry