[DOC] [TLE] Granite Railway - Wikipedia [PAR] 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. ... was added to haul granite from the Pine Ledge 
Quarry to the railway level 84... [DOC] [TLE] The First Railroad in America - Thomas Crane Public Library [PAR] The Granite Railway Company of Quincy, Massachusetts, take pleasure in ... On 
the morning of October 7, 1826, at Quincy, the first railroad in America was ... As 
new roads were built, the rails were placed directly on the surface, and as it ... 
They visited the battle- ground, and consulted in reference to building a 
monument. [DOC] [TLE] The Granite Railway, First Chartered Railroad - American-Rails.com [PAR] The Granite Railway Company of Massachusetts was, officially, the first chartered 
railroad in the United States dating to 1826, which actually built and ... it only to 
furnish the needed stone to complete the Bunker Hill Monument project. [DOC] [TLE] Granite Railway | American railway | Britannica.com [PAR] Granite Railway, first chartered railroad in the United States (March 4, 1826). ... 
built by Gridley Bryant, an engineer, and began operations on Oct. 7, 1826, 
running ... 6 feet (2 m) in diameter hauled blocks of granite along these rails to 
the river, from ... in Boston, Mass., for use in the construction of the Bunker Hill 
Monument. [DOC] [TLE] First Railroads in North America - Central Pacific Railroad ... [PAR] Nov 13, 2004 ... "The Transfer of Pioneering British Railroad Technology to North ... Fourth, in 
1810, Lieper built a heavier, wooden, horse-powered railroad to haul stone from 
his ... Twelfth, during 1826, a civic group building the Bunker Hill monument, 
north of ... The Granite Railroad of 1826 has frequently been incorrectly... [DOC] [TLE] Railroad Maps of the United States. [PAR] Apr 2, 2002 ... With Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, and a boat built by ... It was to 
utilize horsepower to haul granite, needed for building the ... In 1826 Stevens 
demonstrated the feasibility of steam locomotion on ... Interest was revived, 
however, with completion of the Western Railroad in Massachusetts in 1843. [DOC] [TLE] Story of the Bunker Hill Monument, Part 2 - Charlestown, MA Patch [PAR] Feb 21, 2013 ... Charlestown, MA - A closer look at the famous marker in the middle of 
Charlestown. ... Breaking ground for the Granite Railway in 1826 made it 
possible to get ... at the quarry onto railroad cars, which then hauled the massive 
granite ... No wonder the monument took 18 years to build. ... What was it built for
? [DOC] [TLE] Happy 184th birthday to ... do you know? - ActiveRain [PAR] Oct 7, 2010 ... The Granite Railway is called the first commercial railroad in the ... The Bunker 
Hill Monument was built to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill. ... 
Massachusetts with granite from Quincy, Massachusets conveyed to the site ... 
Imagine how many trips back and forth were required to haul all of that granite! [DOC] [TLE] Transforming the Rail Network for Economic and Community ... [PAR] October of 1826 marked the beginning of a transportation revolution in the United
. States, when freight rail cars began hauling granite blocks from the Quincy ... the 
docks on the Neponset River to then ship to Charlestown to build the ... 
Monument. .... infrastructure work needed to allow for the relocation of CSX 
operations. [DOC] [TLE] Notes from Halibut Point: January 2016 [PAR] Jan 28, 2016 ... There is enough to build many cities as large as Boston. ... The Rockport Granite 
Company built a railroad down from Babson Farm ... facilities and monuments 
along the American coast, and beyond. ... hauled to the Rockport railroad station 
on Wednesday that required .... Boston Traveler, October 13, 1826. [DOC] [TLE] The Beginnings of American Railroads and Mapping - Railroad ... [PAR] Railways were introduced in England in the seventeenth century as a

Question: The Granite Railway was built in Massachusetts in 1826 to haul the granite needed to build this monument
Answer: Bunker Hill Monument