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...

Granite (/ˈɡrænɪt/ GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms...

Granite was a small railway station located at Granite, on the Mansfield line in Victoria, Australia. It was opened as Falls Siding in 1892, to serve a...

the site of the Granite Railway—often credited as being the first railroad in the United States. The former quarries produced granite for over a century...

Quarrying spurred the construction of railways and vice versa, from the 1826 construction of the Granite Railway in Massachusetts to the modern day. Quarries...

a century, Quincy was home to a thriving granite industry; the city was also the site of the Granite Railway, the United States' first commercial railroad...

reportedly had a wooden railroad in operation. Granite, coal and cotton railroads 1826: The Granite Railway in Massachusetts was incorporated by Thomas Handasyd...

nation's oldest continuously kept meteorological records. The Granite Railway passed from granite quarries in Quincy to the wharf of Milton on the Neponset...

The Central Vermont Railway (reporting mark CV) was a railroad that operated in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York...

was indirectly involved in the Granite Railway. This was the first railroad in the United States, created to carry granite for the construction of the Bunker...

March 4 – Gridley Bryant's Granite Railway is incorporated. April 1 – Construction begins in Massachusetts on the Granite Railway, one of the first railroads...

granite from nearby Quincy conveyed to the site via the purpose-built Granite Railway, followed by a trip by barge. There are 294 steps to the top. An exhibit...

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original frog switch and portion of the superstructure of the famous 1826 Granite Railway in Massachusetts could be viewed. This was the first commercial railroad...

The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway opens in Scotland. October 7 – The first train operates over the Granite Railway in Massachusetts. November 3 –...

The Granite Way is a route of 18 km (11 miles) consisting mainly of a motor traffic-free cycle/walkway between Okehampton (near the railway station) and...

The Granite City Railway was a street railway that ran in St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Railways portal Saint Cloud transit history v t e v t e...

financier and owner of a majority of the shares. Construction began on the Granite Railway, one of the first railroads in North America, on April 1, 1826, with...

the first commercial railroad in the US in Milton, Massachusetts (Granite Railway), first rapid transit system (MBTA Green Line), the first limited access...

The Leicester and Swannington Railway (L&SR) was one of England's first railways, built to bring coal from West Leicestershire collieries to Leicester...

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captures the British 38-gun Kent. 1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S. 1828 – Morea expedition: The city...

more. Kuppam, a city in Andhra Pradesh is famous for its granite quarries and factories. A granite variety, Kuppam Green, is named after the town as this...

an important role in New England ever since the Granite Railway, America's first commercial railway, began operations in Massachusetts in 1826. As industrialization...

The Haytor Granite Tramway (also called Heytor) was a tramway built to convey granite from Haytor Down, Dartmoor, Devon to the Stover Canal. It was very...

occurred after the 1826 construction of the Granite Railway, which transported stone from the nearby granite quarries to the Neponset River. This resulted...

The Mountsorrel Railway was a network of industrial railway lines that served the granite quarries which dominate the Leicestershire village of Mountsorrel...

1826 Massachusetts incorporated Quincy's Granite Railway as a common freight carrier to primarily haul granite for the construction of the Bunker Hill...

Railroad may refer to: Quincy Railroad (California) Quincy Railway or Granite Railway, a railway in Massachusetts Quincy Railroad Bridge, a bridge over the...

Jee's Harts Hill Granite and Brick Company's works railways consisted of a narrow gauge light railway and a standard gauge works railway at Hartshill station...