Massachusetts

Granite Railway

The Granite Railway is the first commercial railroad in the US. It was built to move granite from its quarry in W.Quincy to the Neponset River where it was shipped to Charlestown for the construction of the Bunker Hill Monument.

By Yankee Magazine|Jun 21 2007| Print icon

Two tall stone monuments stand on a concrete platform surrounded by lush greenery, with a pair of old, rusted wheel structures in the foreground.

Credit: Fran Fruzzetti

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