Granite Railway

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Quincy Granite Railway
Commercial operations
Original gauge	5 ft (1,524 mm)
Preserved operations
Preserved gauge	5 ft (1,524 mm)

Quincy Granite Railway Incline
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Incline section of the Granite Railway Quincy (1934 photo)
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Location	Mullin Ave., Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°14′43″N 71°2′14″W / 42.24528°N 71.03722°W / 42.24528; -71.03722
Area	0.2 acres (0.08 ha)
Built	1826 (1826)
NRHP reference No.	73000310[1]
Quincy Granite Railway
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Bunker Hill Lane, Quincy, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°14′23″N 71°1′57″W / 42.23972°N 71.03250°W / 42.23972; -71.03250
Area	0.7 acres (0.3 ha)
Built	1826 (1826)
NRHP reference No.	73000309[1]
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1973
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1973

The Granite Railway was one of the first railroads in the United States, built to carry granite from Quincy, Massachusetts, to a dock on the Neponset River in Milton. From there boats carried the heavy stone to Charlestown for construction of the Bunker Hill Monument. The Granite Railway is popularly termed the first commercial railroad in the United States, as it was the first chartered railway to evolve into a common carrier without an intervening closure. The last active quarry closed in 1963; in 1985, the Metropolitan District Commission purchased 22 acres (8.9 ha), including Granite Railway Quarry, as the Quincy Quarries Reservation.