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The car was run over the load of stone placed on the platform, which was hoisted from the ground by a gearing on the car. This being a photo of the original gear, five feet in diameter.
View of the stone sleeper and frog used in the construction of the Granite Railway. These interesting relics were freighted to Chicago Illinois. At the Worlds Fair held there in 1893 [they] were on exhibition during the fair, and at its close were brought back to Milton and placed here at the crossing of the New Haven Railroad with Squantum Street where they are still located.
Photo taken in 1908 of a portion of the ancient road construction at Bunker Hill Wharf; the northerly terminus of the Granite Railway.
Views of Bunker Hill Wharf , 1920.
Views of construction of railway turnout adjoining Squantum Street. At the right can be seen the stone sleeper and iron frog above described. The modern construction shown here occupies the roadbed of the main line of the ancient railway.
This view shows a track laid at right angles to the main line at a point nearly opposite the present office of the Granite Railway Company. The connection made with the main line was evidently accomplished by the use of a turntable. This track was built on the northerly side of the ancient cutting shed which was supported by stone posts; one of which can be seen at the left of the photo. About a dozen of these stone posts are still standing, the wood roof having collapsed many years ago.
Old railway embankment near Bunker Hill Quarry extending approximately 200 feet in a northeasterly direction toward the swamp, where a frame trestle was constructed for a distance of about 750 feet to the higher land near the present Douglas Street.
