Today's continuing series brings us to a pile of rocks at the end of Bunker Hill Lane. What looks like a plain ol' pile of rocks is called a grout pile or the rejected stones for a project. It looks like "quality control" was in effect here. This is where the Granite Railway loaded up to begin its 3 mile run.
The large size stone with the split, in the image below, is a rejected stair made for the Bunker Hill Monument. The Bunker Hill Monument's rounded, conical` staircase has 224 stone stairs and moving stone there was the first commercial venture for the Granite Railway back in the 1820s.
I sure would like a stone wall made out of those rejects . . .
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4 comments:
Maybe you should write and illustrate a tour booklet on the railway for the Bunker Hill museum. Be a good project.
It looks amazingly dry there. I went squishing through the woods yesterday. We've had so much rain that the trail is mud and puddles.
A wonderful view of the Southend and the skyline of B-town from the top of the monument too. Worth the trrip up for sure!
This is very interesting...it couldn't have been an easy task moving those rocks around.
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