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The "Granite Railway" was designed and built by railway pioneer Gridley Bryant and began operations on October 7, 1826. [3] The granite from these quarries became famous throughout the nation, and stone cutting quickly became Quincy's principal economic activity.
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The Solomon Nightengale House (or "Nightingale") was a historic house at 429 Granite Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. The 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story Cape style house was built c. 1820 by Solomon Nightengale, whose family had owned the land since the 18th century. It had a four-bay facade, with a central chimney and a sheltered entry in the center-left ...
Faith Lutheran Church, formerly known as Salem Lutheran Church, is a historic church at 199 Granite Street in Quincy, Massachusetts.The church was built in 1894 to serve a growing congregation of Scandinavians who had come to Quincy to work in its granite quarries.
QUINCY − The operator of the Granite Links golf course has withdrawn its request for a 99-year extension of its lease on public land in West Quincy. The lease extension was first proposed to the ...
The George A. Barker House is a historic house located at 74 Greenleaf Street in Quincy, Massachusetts. Built in the late 1870s for the son of a local granite quarry owner, it is a good local example of Queen Anne architecture with Stick style details. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 1989. [1]
The mill, 200 ft by 90 ft (60m by 27m) was built in 1893-94 and equipped with lathes for turning large granite cylinders and jennies for polishing. [ 2 ] The mill's power plant had a 150 hp steam boiler and 100 hp steam engine which ran the shaft, belt and pulley system that drove the plant's machinery.
The Granite Trust Company building stands prominently in Quincy's downtown, at the southeast corner of Hancock and Chestnut Streets. The ten-story structure is faced in limestone and granite, and consists of a large base three stories in height, from which the central tower rises, the topmost levels stepped back in size from the intermediate ones.