This is the site of the first commercial railway in the United States. Transporting massive stones from the quarry to the Quincy waterfront and from there to Charlestown was a major challenge. In 1826 railway pioneer Gridley Bryant not only designed and built a three-mile track to move the granite but also secured the funding of $100,000 from Boston investors. The railway was closed in 1940.
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