LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece - "Under Way" - F.H. Lewis

Figure 1: Granite Railway Petitition

Figure 2: Location of Bunker Hill Ledge

Figure 3: Hale's 1830 Map Showing Railway

Figures 4-5: Roadbed Construction

Figure 6: One of the Original Sleepers

Figure 7: Tie-Rod and First Sleeper

Figure 8: Original Track Construction

Figure 9: Route of Railway

Figure 10: Looking South over Swamp Area

Figure 11: Willard's Map of Route via Roads

Figures 12-13: Part of Original Roadbed

Figures 14-15: Wharf at Neponset River - around 1880

Figure 16: Wharf at Neponset River - around 1925

Figure 17: Loading Granite at Wharf

Figure 18: Blacksmith Shop as it looks today

Figure 19: Replica of First Car - 1925

Figure 20: Bryant's Plans of First Car - 1826

Figure 21: Perspective Drawn from Replica - 1925

Figure 22: Inclined Plane - Original Track at left

Figure 23: Route of First Railway - 1826-30

Figures 24-25: Pine Hill Ledge - Granite Railway Quarry 1923

Figure 26: Braking Device - Top of Inclined Plane

Figure 27: Regulation Tracks - Inclined Plane

Figure 28: Compressor House

Figure 29: Loaded Truck in Descent

Figure 30: Inclined Plane as it looks today

Figure 31: Inclined Plane looked about 1925

Figure 32: Compressor House as it looked about 1925

Figure 33: Compressor House as it looks today

Figure 34: Original Turntable - Foot of Inclined Plane

Figure 35: One of the Original Frogs - Crane Estate

Figure 35A: One of the Original Frogs - Railway Village

Figure 36: Loaded Cars - Through Railway Village

Figure 37: From Bryant's Ledger - Wharf Construction

Figure 38: Hauling Long Columns

Figure 39: Remains of Old Granite Cart

Figure 40: Map of Railway Holdings and Route - 1854

Figure 41: Superintendent's House - Bryant Avenue

Figure 42: Workmen's Boarding House - Willard Street

Figure 43: Early Map of Surrounding Area

Figure 44: Map of Granite Branch

Figure 45: West Quincy Freight Station

Figure 46: East Milton Station

Figure 47: Montclair Station

Figure 48: First Steam Engine over Granite Branch

Figure 49: Copies of Old Colony Time Table

Figure 50: Quincy Quarry R.R. Maximum Curve

Figure 51: Map of Quincy Quarry R.R.

Figure 51A: Remains of Quincy Quarry R.R. Tracks

Figure 51B: Where Once A R.R. Ran

Figure 52: Engine & Cars - Top of Inclined Plane

Figure 53: Top of Inclined Plane around 1925

Figure 54: Grout Train - Quincy Quarry R.R.

Figures 55-64: Various Scenes on Quincy Quarry R.R.

Figure 65: Original Sleepers - Railway Village

Figure 66: Picture of Railway Dark Granite

Figures 67-68: Pine Hill Ledge

Figure 69: Sketch of Quarry Area

Figure 70: Kings Chapel

Figure 71: Early Method of Splitting Granite

Figure 72: Later Method of Splitting Granite

Figure 73: Granite Boulder with Wedges Imbedded

Figure 74: Old Tool Sharpener

Figure 75: First or Northeast Quarry

Figures 76-78: Showing sizes of Granite Boulders

Figure 79: Early Method of Handling Granite

Figure 80: Method of Loading First Car

Figure 81: Early Quarry Scene

Figure 82: Copy of Early Muzzrole Diagram

Figure 83: Badger Bros. Machine Shop

Figure 84: Early Photo of Willard's House

Figure 85: Willard's House Today

Figure 86: Willard Shaft - Hall Place Cemetery

Figures 87-90: Monument During Construction

Figure 91: Lifting and Pulling Jacks

Figure 92: Hoisting Apparatus

Figures 93-93A: Hancock Mansion - Boston

Figure 94: Charlestown State Prison

Figure 95: Charlestown Dry Dock - Navy Yard

Figures 96-97: Bunker Hill Monument

Figure 98: Minot's Light

Figure 99: Minot's Light during Construction

Figure 100: Minot's Light Plans

Figure 101: First Church - Quincy

Figure 102: City Hall - Quincy

Figure 103: Custom House - Boston - as first built

Figure 104: Custom House - Boston - with tower added

Figure 105: Old Court House - Boston

Figure 106: Merchants Exchange - State Street, Boston

Figure 107: Old City Hall - Boston

Figure 108: Evolution of a Block of Granite

Figure 109: The Finished Granite

Figure 109A: Fort Independent

Figure 109B: Merchants Exchange - New York

Figure 110: Sketch of Area of Excavations 1958

Figure 111: Sketch - Bunker Hill Ledge - Draper Hill

Figure 112: The Anvil Stands

Figure 113: Anvil Stands and Forge Remains

Figure 113A: Forge Location and Remains

Figure 114: Area Between Roadway

Figures 115-116: Possible Location of First or Northeast Quarry

Figures 117-118: Discarded Granite Boulders

Figure 119: Large Granite Ledge

Figure 120: Possible Location of "Timber Run"

Figure 121: Possible Loading Platform

Figures 122-127: Surface Boulders over Entire Ledge

Figure 128: Discarded Boulder that Split

Figure 129: Possible Location of "Timber Run"

Figure 130: Bunker Hill Quarry - 1930

Figure 131: Bunker Hill Quarry - 1960

Figures 132-134: Location of Cutters' & Hammerers' Sheds

Figure 135: First Sleeper and Start of Roadbed

Figure 136: The Original Roadbed - March 1958

Figure 137: The Original Roadbed - November 1958

Figure 138: The Original Roadbed - June 1962

Figure 139: The Original Roadbed - over swamp area - 1960

Figure 140: The Original Roadbed - over the swamp area - 1925

Figures 141-147: The Original Roadbed - Construction

Figure 147A: One of the Original Sleepers

Figure 148: Looking up to First or Northeast Quarry

Figure 149: Location of the Bunker Hill Quarry

Figure 150: Another part of Bunker Hill Quarry

Figure 151: Hollow Cone Remnant

Figures 152-156: Location of the Timber Run

Figure 157: Capstan Base

Figure 158: Paving Blocks cut by "Groaters"

Figure 159: Location of Quincy Quarry R.R. Spur Track

Figure 160: Wall of the Second or Southeast Quarry

Figure 161: Granite Wharf as it looked in 1960

Figure 162: Possible Location of Turntable at the Wharf

Figure 163: The Roadbed leading to the Wharf - 1925

Figure 164: West Quincy around 1899

Figures 165-166: Drawings of First Car by C.L. Badger

Figure 167: "Braking Device" used on top of Inclined Plane

Figure 168: Stone Sleeper and Gear

Figure 169: Section of Original Sleeper with rail attached

Figure 170: Remains of Stone Shed

Figure 171: Road under Inclined Plane around 1920

Figures 172-172A: Modern rails at the Inclined Plane

Figure 173: Steel runners for autos at the Inclined Plane

Figure 174: Front and Superstructure

Figure 175: Section of Roadbed near West Squantum Street

Figures 176-177: Old Sleepers used in House Construction

Figure 178: Portion of Sleepers used as Curbing

Figure 179: Portion of Sleepers in Seal Wall

Figure 180: Location of Railway House

Figure 181: Railway House as Tavern and Lodging House

Figure 182: Railway House as the Russell House

Figures 183-184: Railway House as the Granite House-Tea Room & Hotel

Figures 185-189: The Original Roadbed as it looks today

Figure 190: What remains of Pine Hill Ledge

Figure 191: Pictures of Replica at Crane Estate

Figure 192: Artifacts Uncovered by R. Muzzrole

Figure 193: Old-type Wedge Uncovered by R. Muzzrole

Figure 194: Early Steam Engines