My son and I had some time this morning while my wife was teaching in Quincy, and I had seen something about the Granite Railway Incline Plane on Atlas Obscura, so we decided to check it out.
As they say on the website, the railway ruins are located in a neighborhood near the highway. Google Maps took us right there.
Entrance to the Granite Railway Incline
Sign providing a history of the Granite Railway Incline Plane (Click to enlarge)
Plaque introducing Granite Railway
Looking up the incline from the bottom of the hill
Looking downhill from near the top
When we got to the top, we walked for a while along a pathway for awhile. We came through the woods to a clearing and found out we were in the middle of an old quarry (see this description on Atlas Obscura).
The scene from the clearing (apologies for the jerky video!)
The little guy, running as usual
View from the top of the quarry
As we were leaving, we ran into a group of men who were headed into the quarry from another direction. They were either going to film something there or play musical instruments (one guy had drumsticks, I think), or maybe they were going to film themselves playing musical instruments. We didn't hang around to see what they were up to, though. (Maybe we should have!)
We'll have to go back sometime, perhaps before it gets much colder out.
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