Current Events & Happenings
​Visit our current events & happening web page for all up coming events and special programs of the museum

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Cleaner Greener Day Quincy 2018
Thanks to  museum members for a successful Cleaner Greener Day on Saturday May 5th at the Inclined Plane Railway. The railway was cleaned up and mulched to get it ready for the many visitors to the site. The Inclined Plane Railway was used to transport granite down from Pine Hill Ledge which later became the Granite Railway Company to the Granite Railway the first commercial railroad in America to transport goods.   

                             
            Quincy Quarry
                         &
      Granite Workers Museum
       Open Meeting  May 2018
 
Please join us for an up-date on what's happening with the museum and what the museum is planning in the upcoming year.  There will also be a power point presentation on the Quarry Museum’s Mini Museum at the Lyons Turning Mill.
 
The meeting will be held
Wednesday, May 16th at 7:00 p.m.
Quincy Historical Society
8 Adams Street
Quincy Center
 
For more information call 781-600-6728
www.quincyquarrymuseum.org
quincyquarrymuseum@verizon.net
 
Granite Railway Quarry Walk 2018
On Saturday, May 5th, 10:00 to 11:30  am the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum and the DCR, Department of Conservation and Recreation held a joint quarry walk at the Granite Railway Company quarry, Quincy. The walking tour was led by museum historian Tom Bonomi and Maggie Brown DCR interpretive ranger. Both Tom and Maggie gave interpretive information about the quarry along the walk and historic photos of the sites along the walk were displayed. At the end of the walk people were invited to tour the Mini Museum at the Lyons Turning Mill site. For questions call the museum  at  781-600-6728
Exploring Granite and Geminid Meteor Shower
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On the night of December 13th Sally Owen a museum member and Quincy Park  Department organizer led a tour of the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Mini Museum followed by a short trip to a very dark parking lot of the soccer fields off of Ricciuti Drive to look for the Geminid meteor shower. The Geminids are considered to be one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year. As can be seen in the photo below it was a very cold night indicated by the young lady's  coat.
 Quincy Rotary Club December Meeting
 
Al Bina president of the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum gave a PowerPoint presentation to the Quincy Rotary Club. The presentation was an introduction to the museum from its inception to the most recent event, the opening of the Mini Museum on Quarry Hills Dr., West Quincy. In photo L to R Rotary president Andy  Oatway, Al Bina, Tom Galvin longtime member of Quincy Rotary and also the City of Quincy Historian.
Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum
​              December Meeting
 
Please join the Quarry Museum for a year-end power- point presentation of the museum’s happenings through- out the year of 2017. Also will be shown a DVD titled “Carved From Stone, Legacy of a Granite Town”. The town is Westerly Rhode Island and its granite history was very similar to Quincy’s at the turn of the century.
 
                  Public Welcome
 
                  When:      December 11th at 7 p.m.
                  Where:     Quincy Historical Society
                                8 Adams Street, Quincy Center

Quincy Quarry Museum's Mini Museum
Granite Railway Quarry Walk
On Saturday, November 4, the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum and the DCR, Department of Conservation and Recreation held a joint quarry walk at the Granite Railway Company quarry, Quincy. The walking tour was led by museum historian Tom Bonomi and Maggie Brown DCR interpretive ranger. Both Tom and Maggie gave interpretive information about the quarry along the walk and historic photos of the sites along the walk were displayed. At the end of the walk people were invited to tour the Mini Museum at the Lyons Turning Mill site.
Mini Museum Opening
Thursday,November 2nd   11:30 AM
The Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum will be  having the opening of the Museum's mini museum on Thursday, November 2nd at 11:30 AM. The mini museum is located on Quarry Hills Drive, which runs on of Ricciuti Drive West Quincy. The public is invited to celebrate the opening with city officials, Discovered Quincy and Museum members on the occasion.
Granite Railway Quarry Walk
​Saturday, November 4th     10:00 am  - Noon
Join the Quarry Museum and the DCR for a historic quarry walk at the Granite Railway quarry West Quincy. Walk will include turn of the century photos of site locations on the walk. Meet at the paved parking on right at the crest of hill on Ricciuti Drive West Quincy. For further information call the Museum at 1-781-600-6728.
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Discover Quincy 50 days of Freedom
The Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum is participating in Quincy's 50 days of Freedom. Starting with the city's signature Flag Day celebration on Saturday, June 10th and continuing for 50 days. Discover Quincy is partnering with the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum and many other local organizations to showcase Quincy' arts, culture, history and more. The Quarry Museum will be opening up the Lions Turning Mill on Quarry Hills Dr., West Quincy on Thursday, June 29th from 3 PM to 7 PM for tours. The tours of the mill site will include pictures of the mill operation at the turn-of-the-century and a display of tools use in the granite industry in the period of the mill.. For further information call the museum at 617-472-1322.
 Bunker Hill Quarry Walk
On Saturday, June 17th, Bunker Hill Day in Massachusetts the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum and the DCR, Department of Conservation and Recreation held a quarry walk that included the Granite Railway. Tom Bonomi museum historian and Maggie Brown DCR Interpretive Ranger led a walk providing interpretive information on the quarry, the Bunker Hill Monument and the Granite Railway.


June 2017  Bunker Hill Quarry Exploration and Walk
Saturday , June 17           10 am – 11:30 am

The Bunker Hill Monument which stands 221 feet tall in Charlestown to commemorate one of the first battles of the American Revolution in 1775, had its humble beginnings in the rocky hills of the Blue Hills Reservation. Solomon Willard, the architect,  roamed the countryside looking for suitable stone for the monument and found it in West Quincy. Join members of the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum and a DCR Park Interpreter as we explore Bunker Hill Quarry, and learn about the amazing engineering feats behind the building of the Granite Railway, Bunker Hill Monument and the first commercial railroad in America, the Granite Railway.  Must be able to walk 1 mile on  moderately rocky, uneven terrain.
 
  Meet at the Quincy Quarries parking lot located on Ricciuti Drive in Quincy. Look for the large  paved parking lot on the right as you top the first hill.

May Meeting of the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum at the Quincy Historical Society 2017

Museum president Al Bina and museum historian Tom Bonomi gave a power point presentation on Quincy's archaeologist Richrd (Dick) Muzzrole. The presentation covered the work of Dick Muzzrole at the John Winthrop Jr. Iron Blast Furnace, Germantown Glassworks and his passion, the Granite Railway all located in Quincy. 
May Meeting 2017
Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum
                             &
Quincy Historical Society
 
Please join the Quarry Museum and the Quincy Historical Society for a joint May meeting. Quincy’s archaeologist Richard Muzzrole’s life and his work in Quincy will be the subject of a power-point presentation. Dick Muzzrole was involved in the archaeological work at the John Winthrop blast furnace, Germantown Glassworks and his passion, the Granite Railway, the first commercial railroad in America.                                                                                                                                             Public Welcome
 
                  When:      May 24th at 7 p.m.
                  Where:     Quincy Historical Society
                                8 Adams Street, Quincy Center
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South Shore Science Festival
The Quarry Museum will participated in the Science Festival on Saturday, April 22 from 10 to 3 at the Quincy Center for Innovation which is a branch of Quincy Chamber of Commerce located at 100 Old Colony Ave., Quincy. At the festival there were many activities to introduce children of all ages to the different areas of science. The Museum's display focused on the six simple machines, the pulley, lever, screw, ramp or incline plane, wedge and wheel and axle. The Museum will display photos, models and examples of the simple machines which were all related to the granite industry. Last year the Science Festival attracted over 400 attendees. The Museum this year will continue to participate in the presentation and demonstrations bringing together science and mathematics using the history of the granite industry as examples.
 
 
New Granite Trust Building Window Display
The Quarry Museum has a new window display at the Granite Trust Building in Quincy Center. The display is the story of local Native Americans who were the first to quarry stone in Quincy and Milton. On display are Native Americans artifacts  from the collection of the Quincy Historical Society all found in Quincy and vicinity.  
March Meeting 2017
Museum member Tom Bonomi gave a power point presentation titled "Virtual Walking Tour of the Granite Rail quarry. The meeting was well attended and also attending was Maggie Brown, Head Ranger Blue Hills Div. who's jurisdiction covers the Granite Rail quarry and Les Tyrala a register geologist both sharing information on the quarry. 
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​Quincy Quarry Museum March Meeting 2017
 
Please join the Quarry Museum for a power point presentation titled “Virtual Walking Tour of the Granite Rail Quarry”.  The presentation is a virtual walking tour the Museum conducted in the fall of 2016.  If you did not take the actual walking tour in the fall, this virtual tour will give you everything the walking tour did except the fresh air and the rough walking terrain.  Note the change in days for this meeting from our usual Wednesday evening to a Thursday evening meeting.
 
                                   Thursday, March 16th, 7 PM
                                 Ward Four Community Center
                               100 Brooks Avenue, South Quincy
 For information on meeting or any additional information, call the museum at 617-472-1322

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Quincy Quarry Museum February Meeting 2017

Ed Gordon, Director of Museum Programs at the historic Old Schwamb Mill, giving his presentation on the mill which included a video presentation on the Mill's history and operation in the construction of  circular and elliptical frames. The Mill operated in the same era as the Lyons Turning Mill  employing immigrants similar to the operation at the Lyons Mill. 

​Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum   February 2017
 
Open Meeting                   Public Welcome
 
Please join the Quarry Museum for a presentation by Edward Gordon, Director of Museum Programs at the         historic Old Schwamb Mill. The mill site history includes a grist mill, sawmill, spice mill and the Schwamb Mill which manufactured circular and elliptical picture frames. Mr.  Gordon will discuss the mill’s history and its operation. A video presentation of the mill will also be shown.
 
When:     Wednesday, February 1st, 7:00 p.m.
 
Where:    Ward 4 Community Center
               100 Brooks Ave., South Quincy

View a great utube video by Sean Hastings  titled "Memories of Quincy Quarries - Granite Rail and Swingle's inQuincy Massachusetts" on quarries and quarry jumping  at   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrk52XnDGEc 

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Quarry Museum December Meeting       Celebrating Quincy Quarries
          Part 1    Swingle Quarry History
The Quarry Museum's December meeting featured a power point presentation given by Joseph Greene  who has done extensive research on the Swingle history. The presentation included Jonathan S. Swingle's family history from the  Blue Rock Township of his youth to a successful quarry owner and busuiness man in Quincy at the turn of the  18th centery.

​Quincy Park Department Environmental Treasures Program and Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum
​           Part 2      Movies Filmed At The Quarries
The group toured the quarry sites with Sally Owen of the Environmental Treasures Program.   Tom Bonomi of the Quarry Museum led the group to sites in the quarry area where 4 films were filmed and spoke of the  history of the  quarry areas.

​Thomas Crane Public Library & Quincy Park Department Environmental Treasures Program & Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum
                 Part 3     Movies At The Library
The four movies that were filmed at the quarries were "Gone Baby Gone," "The Invention Of Lying," "The Cardinal" and "Quarry" a 16 minute documentary shown for the first time in Quincy.
Richard Rogers at the time was a student at Harvard and later became a professorat Harvard filmed a "slice of life" art film showing kids diving into the Granite Rail quarry,hanging out, and talking about Vietnam in 1967.  
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​Workers Museum Quincy Quarry & Granite November Meeting 2016
 Open Meeting
 Public Welcome
 Please join the Quarry Museum for the showing of several interesting videos on stone working tools, stone cutting and sculpturing. A short presentation on activities and plans of the Museum will be presented. Questions and comments from members and the general public will be addressed.
 
The meeting will be held
Thursday, November 17th at 7:00 P.M.
Ward Four Community Center
100 Brooks Ave., South Quincy
 Community Center adjacent to the Amelio Della Chiesa
Early Childhood Center
October 2016
The quarry Museum held its October meeting on Wednesday, October 5 at the Ward 4 Community Ctr. with over 35 in attendance. Al Bina opened the meeting giving an update on the Museum's business and the upcoming activities. The meeting continued with an illustrated presentation by Doug Bingham about Alexander Parris a prominent American architect and engineer in the  1890s and into the 1900s. Alexander Parris transitioned between federal style and later Greek revival. His influence spanned from Virginia to the tip of Maine, producing residences, churches and commercial buildings. In 1815 he moved to Boston working for Charles Bulfinch and  later in Parris,s career becoming Boston's leading architect of the "Boston Granite Style". Also on display were over 40 photos of many of Parris,s architectural projects also including many lighthouses which dotted the coast from the Virginia's to the tip of Maine
November 2016
Quincy Quarries Geology &
History Walk, “Taken for Granite”  
                                                          
 
Join the Friends of the Blue Hills, a registered geologist, and the founders of the Quincy Quarry & Granite Worker’s Museum, for this co-sponsored geology and quarry history walk. We'll explore the bedrock and glacial geology and the major quarrying activities by many companies during many decades  to understand why Quincy granite was so valuable and for such a long time
 
Saturday, Nov 5th, 2:00 – 3:30 PM
 
Sturdy footwear is required and the ability to climb rugged, narrow trails. 1.5 hours. The rain date and time is the next day.
 
Space is limited to 20 attendees, ages 12 and older. Pre-registration is required. Contact Friends of the Blue Hills at: walk@friendsofthebluehills.org
October 2016
​​MASSACHUSETTS
ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH
                     and
 QUINCY QUARRY MUSEUM
 
Please join the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum as we celebrate Massachusetts Archaeology Month " The Earth Has Many Keys..." at the Lyons Turning Mill. The Lyons Turning Mill, part of Quincy's rich granite history, is on the National and State Register of Historic places.  The Museum will open the mill site for information and tours of the remains of the mill and interpretive information on artifacts scattered through out the area.
            Where:            Lyons Turning Mill
                                    Quarry Hills Drive, West Quincy
            When:             Saturday, October 15th
            Time:              10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
            Rain Date:      Saturday, October 22th
 
            Directions:     From Curry's Hardware, Copeland Street, proceed under expressway, stay to right to stop sign at Men's Warehouse/Tux building.  Proceed across ramp onto Ricciuti Drive to end and right on to Quarry Hills Drive. Turning Mill will be 100 yards on left.
 
Visit our website www.quincyquarrymuseum.org
For more information call 617-472-1322
October Meeting  2016
At the October Meeting of the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum an illustrated presentation about Alexander Parris, prominent American architect and engineer, will be given by Doug Bingham.
                                                                                                                          
Alexander Parris' work transitions between federal style and later Greek revival.   His influence spanned from Virginia to the tip of Maine, producing residences, churches and commercial buildings.  In 1815 he moved to Boston working for Charles Bulfinch and later in Parris's career becoming Boston's leading architect of the "Boston Granite Style".  Doug Bingham is well versed on the life and works of Alexander Parris. 
 
The presentation is free of charge and open to the public.  The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 5th at 7:00 p.m. at the Ward Four Community Center, 100 Brooks Avenue, South Quincy.


June Geology & Stone Splitting 2016
Individuals trying their hand splitting Quincy granite using the feather and wedge method. 
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June Geology & Stone Splitting Presentation 2016

Come learn the geology of Quincy granite from geologist Les Tyrala. What is Quincy granite. What made Quincy granite. Where did Quincy granite come from. How did it get to Quincy and what uncovered Quincy granite. Also learn about splitting stone and try your hand at splitting Quincy granite
June Meeting 2016
The Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum will hold a general business meeting, including a short power point slide presentation. The presentation will be on the Museum's past year's activities. Meeting will be open to the general public and will address comments and questions from both members and the public. Copies of The Quincy Sun's special supplement, "Historic Quincy, 2016 Visitor Guide" will be available, complements of the Quincy Sun.  Meeting date Wednesday, June 1st, 7 PM, Ward Four Community Center, 100 Brooks Avenue, South Quincy.

May Meeting 2016
 The City of Quincy's historian Tom Galvin gave a slide presentation at the May meeting of the Quarry Museum titled "Quincy's Industrial, Manufacturing and Commercial Past". Many interesting facts on the history of the subjects that were presented in the presentation was enjoying by over 40 in attendance.
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May Meeting 2016
​Please join the Quarry Museum's May meeting for a slide presentation by Tom Galvin the City of Quincy's historian. Tom's presentation titled "Quincy's Industrial, Manufacturing and Commercial Past". The presentation will cover many of Quincy's well known names of the past including the granite industry. Wednesday, May 4th, 7:00 PM  Ward Four Community Center  100 Brooks Avenue, South Quincy. For information on meeting or any additional information, call the museum at 617-472-1322
April Meeting 2016
The Quarry Museum held its April meeting with Tom Bonomi  taking those present on a power point presentation on a tour of  " Where is Quincy granite in Quincy Center"

April Meeting 2016
 Please join the Quarry Museum for a power point presentation, "Where is Quincy Granite, A Walking Tour of Quincy Center". The presentation will be given by Quarry Museum member Tom Bonomi and will take you on a walking tour around Quincy Center discussing the granite and where it can be seen along with interesting facts about the sites.The meeting will be held Wednesday, April 6th at 7:00 p.m. at the Ward Four Community Center  100 Brooks Avenue, South Quincy. If requiring additional information call museum number 617-472-1322

Monolithic Column Donation March 2016
The Quarry Museum received a donation of two monolithic granite columns quarried and turned in Quincy that adorned the entrance to the old Quincy District Court House built in 1907 and demolished in 1973 to make way for President Place. The court house was built in classical revival style a riff on Greek architecture typical of American courthouses, with wide steps leading up to two simple columns under a triangular pediment. The columns are 19' 6" in length and 30" in diameter and weigh approximately 8.15 tons. The columns were  in the woods off Ricciuti Drive for thirty years and now the museum has the columns at the Lyons Turning Mill site. The columns were donated by the current owners of the property, Universal Properties  of  Newton, Stu Levy, Sy Marcus and thanks to Leo Martin, Jr. of Martin Realty of Quincy for his help in acquiring the columns. Thanks also to Sean Farrell of Sean Farrell Excavating of Quincy for donating personnel and heavy equipment for the excavation and transportation of the columns to the turning mill site.
Window Display Quincy Center March 2016
The Quarry Museum has changed its window display in the old Granite Trust Building now Bank of America at 1400 Hancock Street in Quincy Center. The new display tells the story of Quincy's archaeologist Richard "Dick" Muzzrole who single handed unearthed portions of the Granite Railway the first commerical railroad in America at the Bunker Hill Quarry and the wharf  in Milton at Gullivers Creek and the Neponset River. This enabled the granite to be transported  to Charlstown for construction of the Bunker Hill Monument. All photos were taken from sldes he took of his work at the sites. Dick Muzzrole passed away in 2013 at the age of 94 and left the people of Quincy a great resource of information on the railway for future generations to study.
March Meeting
The Quarry Museum had a very interesting presentation at the March meeting by Paul McCarthy who has documented the identity of granite carrrying vessels wrecked within the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Upward of thirty in attendance enjoyed the power point presentation and had many questions and comments which contributed to a great meeting
 
March Meeting 2016
Quincy Quarry & Granite
Workers Museum
Open Meeting         Public Welcome
 
A journey to establish the identity of a granite carrying vessel wrecked within the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary by Paul McCarthy an amateur maritime archaeologist. This lecture is an illustrated presentation of one man's investigative quest to identify an archaic maritime wreck sunk deep in the Gulf of Maine and to bring to light the story of two important 19th-century New England industries, granite quarrying and commercial sailing.
Public Welcome
Wednesday, March 2nd, 7 PM
Ward Four Community Center
100 Brooks Ave., South Quincy
For weather related information on meeting or
any additional information, call the museum at 617-472-1322
 
February Meeting 2016
 January Meeting 2016
January Meeting 2016
Please join the Museum for viewing two
DVD's acquired from the Commonwealth Museum from their 1996 Granite Legacy display featuring father James Skehan S.J.,Geology Professor and Director Emeritus,Boston College,discussing the granites of Massachusetts. Commenting on the DVD's will be museum membe Les Tyrala a registered geologist who will add additional information on the granite of the area.Wednesday,January 6th, 7 PM Ward Four Community Center 100 Brooks Avenue,South Quincy. For any additional information,call the museum at 617-472-1322




 

December 2nd Meeting
The Quarry Museum's December meeting featured a PowerPoint presentation by Tom Bonomi on the Granite Railway with over 30 in attendance. On display around the hall where interpretive posters with pictures and maps of the Granite Railway. Displayed also were tools used in the construction of the railroad and models of the rail construction. At the close of the meeting Doug Bingham presented the museum with a rare copy of the book printed in 1865 title "Memoirs of Solomon Willard"  architect and superintendent of the Bunker Hill Monument that will a great addition to the museum's library collection. Photo Doug Bingham center presenting museum historian Tom Bonomi with a copy of the book.

Quarry Museum December Meeting  - Public Welcomed
Please join us for a power point presentation by museum member Tom Bonomi. The presentation will tell the story and history of the Granite Railway, the first commercial railroad in America. Tom has done extensive research and is well versed on the railway. On display will be artifacts and interpretive information related to the railway. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 7:00 PM, Ward Four Community Center, 100 Brooks Avenue, South Quincy.

November 4th Meeting

The power point presentation at the November meeting by Al Bina on Richard Muzzrole, archaeologist, was a great success with over fifty in attendance. On display were over sixty artifacts unearthed by Muzzrole at the cutting sheds and blacksmith shed areas with interpretive information of each artifact.
​​The Work of Richard Muzzrole

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 @ 7pm

Please join the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum for a power point presentation on the archaeological work done by  archaeologist Richard Muzzrole.   Richard Muzzrole unearthed single-handedly the remains of the Granite Railway, the first commercial railroad in America. The museum has digitized over 300 of his slides that were given to the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum and the Quincy Historical Society before his death.

Ward 4 Community Center
100 Brooks Avenue
South Quincy, MA

Massachusetts Archaeology Month and Quincy Quarry Museum
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Saturday -October 17th 10am-3pm

Please join the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum as we celebrate Massachusetts Archaeology Month at the Lyons Turning Mill. The Lyons Turning Mill, part of Quincy's rich granite history, is on the National and State Register of Historic places. The museum will open the mill site with photos and display artifacts of when the mill was in operation in 1893. Tours of the site and interpretive information on artifacts scattered through out the area will be part of the open house on Saturday,  October 17th 10:00 am to 3:oo pm.

event rescheduled from October 3rd

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Geology and Stone Splitting
The Museum held a geology and splitting of Quincy granite at the Lyons Quarry and  Turning Mill site. Museum member geologist Les Tyrala gave a very informative presentation on the geology of Quincy granite. The granite splitting activity led by museum members Al Bina and Tom Bonomi was a great success and enjoyed by all. 
Cancelled due to weather  

Massachusetts Archaeology Month and Quincy Quarry Museum
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Please join the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum as we celebrate Massachusetts Archaeology Month at the Lyons Turning Mill. The Lyons Turning Mill, part of Quincy's rich granite history, is on the National and State Register of Historic places. The museum will open the mill site with photos and display artifacts of when the mill was in operation in 1893. Tours of the site and interpretive information on artifacts scattered through out the area will be part of the open house on Saturday, October 3rd from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.  Rain date Saturday, October 17th 10:00 am to 3:oo pm.
Quarry Museum September Meeting  Public Welcomed
Please join the museum for a power point presentation on "Quincy granite, what is Quincy granite, what made Quincy granite, where did Quincy granite come from, how did Quincy granite get here,what uncovered Quincy granite and what was the birth of Quincy's granite industry?" Wednesday,September 16th at 7:00 pm Ward Four Community Center 100 Brooks Avenue South Quincy. 
Geology Of Quincy Granite & Stone Splitting Demonstration

Learn about the geology of Quincy granite from geologist Les Tyrala. What is Quincy granite, what made Quincy granite, where did Quincy granite come from, how did it get to Quincy and what uncovered Quincy granite? Also a hands on stone splitting of Quincy granite by attendees. Join us on Sunday, September 13th at 2:00 pm. For information on location of event and to register call the museum at 617-472-1322 and leave name and contact number. Call will be returned with information on location. Rain date for event Sunday, September 20th at 2:00 pm.
Lyons Turning Mill Tour
The Quarry Museum took part in the Quincy Chamber of Commerce Discover Quincy 50 Days of Freedom opening the Lyons Turning Mill. The museum conducted tours of the mill and grounds and displayed photos of the mill when it was in operation in 1894. Also on display were stone cutting tools of that era. Tom Bonomi, museum member, giving an introduction of the mill and tools used at the mill.
Quarry Museum June Meeting
The Quarry Museum held the June meeting at the Ward Four Community Center South Quincy. Al Bina gave a power point presentation on Minot's Lighthouse with thirty in attendance. He and museum member Tom Bonomi addressed many questions from the attendees.
Quarry Museum June Meeting
Please join the museum for a power point presentation on Cohasset's Minot's Ledge Lighthouse. Presentation will include the construction of the first lighthouse and its destruction and the replacement built of Quincy granite supplied by the Granite Railway Conpany. Public Invited. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 3rd, at 7:00 pm at the Ward Four Community Center,
100 Brooks Ave., South Quincy.
Quarry Museum May Meeting
The Quarry Museum held the May meeting at the Ward Four Community Center with forty plus in attendance. Al Bina gave a brief power point presentation on the museum's happenings to date. Tom Bonomi then gave the main power point presentation titled "Tne Granite Railway Company 1829 thru 1940 and What Remains Today" On display were many photos related to the Granite Railway Company.
Cleaner Greener Day 2015
Thanks to all who made Cleaner Greener Day a success.Group photo L to R  Al Bina, Jim Cooke, Dewey Schramm III, Dewey Schramm Jr., Tanya Stanford, Bob Romeri, Joyce Romeri and not in photo Lauren Chotalal.
Quarry Museum Cleaner Greener Day
The Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum will participate in Quincy's 26th annual Cleaner Greener Day. For over twenty-five years, schools, companies, community organizations and residents have come together to clean our great city. The quarry museum has chosen the historic Inclined Plane Railway for the clen up. Join the museum for the clean up and also learn the history and view photos of the Inclined Plane Railway built by Gridley Bryant in 1829. The clean up will take place on Satueday, May 2nd from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. At 12;30 pm Quincy Mayor Koch invites all who participated in Cleaner Greener to a free cook  at Pageant Field. Please join the City of Quincy and the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum in participating in this wonderful event.
 
Quarry Museum Meeting May 2015
The Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum will hold an open monthly meeting to inform members and the general public on the museum's progress moving forward. The museum will review on going projects that they are involved in and also future projects. A power point presentation will be given by museum member Tom Bonomi titled "The Granite Railway Company 1826 thru 1940 and What Remains Today". Historic photos of the Granite Railway Company will be on display. All are welcome on Wednesday, May 6th at 7:00 pm at the Ward 4 Community Center located at 100 Brooks Avenue, South Quincy.
Massachusetts Archaeology Month 2015
Mark your calendar.The Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum will participate in the Massachusetts Historical Commission's, Massachusetts Archaeology Month October 2015. The quarry museum will open the historic Lyons Turning Mill and quarry site for tours of  the grounds where historical artifacts are located on October 3rd. from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm  with a rain date of October 17th. Photos of the mill when in operation in 1894 will be on display. Lyons Turning Mill is located on Quarry Hills Drive off Ricciuti Drive, West Quincy. For additional information call 1-617-472-1322 
New Signage At Lyons Turning Mill
New signage erected at the Lyons Turning by the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum. Thank you Quincy Community Preservation Committee for your support in our effort to preserve the mill.
Fall Quarry Walk
Swingle's & Granite Railway Quarries & Inclined Plane Railway
Date                Saturday, November 22nd
Rain Date       Saturday, November 29th
Time                10:00 am
Meet in the parking lot at top of hill on Ricciuti Drive West Quincy
Interpretative information and historic photos at each stop on the walk showing what the quarry area looked like at the turn of the century. Quarry walk approximately one hour to one and one half hours.
The quarry walk will be over rocky terain and will be subject to weather conditions. For information call 617-472-1322
Smile.Amazon.Com Fund Raiser
The Quarry Museum is participating in Amazon Smile, a web site operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices and convenient features as Amazon.com.  The difference is that when customers shop on Amazon Smile and log on to smile.amazon.com, the Amazon Smile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the Quarry Museum.  When first visiting Amazon Smile, you are prompted to select a charitable organization, choose Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum, and then continue shopping and .05%  will be donated to the Museum.  This is a great way to raise funds for the Museum.   So encourage your family and friends to shop on line and support the Museum.  Don't forget to log on to smile.amazon.com.
October 23,2014
Quarry Museum Fund Raiser
Dining For Dollars at Bertucci's of Braintree, 412 Franklin Street, five corners Ph# 1-781-849-3066. When you present this coupon 15% of what you spend will be donated to the museum. Thursday October 23rd from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm for dine in, carry out or Delivery. Down load and print coupon or show coupon on your smart phone.
October 4, 2014
Lyons Turning Mill Site Tour      Massachusetts Archaeology Month
Guided tours of the remains of the historic Lyons Turning Mill site and the surrounding Lyons Quarry area where artifacts of Quincy's granite industry can be seen. Interpretive information explaining the artifacts will be displayed. Informational tables will be set up with historical photos of Quincy's granite history.  Saturday  October 4,  10 am - 3 pm   Quarry Hills Drive off Ricciuti Drive  West Quincy. Rain date Saturday October 11. 
June 21, 2014
The museum held a quarry walk on Saturday, June 21st. with members and non-members in attendance.  Museum members Tom Bonomi and Al Bina introduced into the walk for the first time 12x17 in. historic photos of the area at each of the stops on the walk. The tour consisted of the Swingle, Granite Rail quarries and the Inclined Plane Railway built by Gridley Bryant for the Granite Rail Quarry Co.
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Museum member Tom Bonomi discussing photos
June 12, 2014
The museum opened up the historic Lyons Turning Mill on the rain date Thursday, June 12th. for the public to view the capping stabilization work that was completed.  Museum members were on hand to give tours and information on the history of the mill with accompanying historic photos of the mill in operation.  
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Museum member Tom Bonomi speaking with visitors to the mill.
June 21, 2014

The museum will be having a summer quarry walk on Saturday, June 21st with a rain date of Sunday, June 22nd.  The walk will include several historic granite industry quarry sites.  The tour will consist of interpretative information and historic photos of what the area looked like at the turn of the century at each stop location on the walk.  The walking tour is limited to 15 people for logistics.  To register please call 617-472-1322 and leave your name and telephone number.  the museum will contact individuals with information on time and meeting location.   
June 10, 2014

The museum will open up the historic Lyons Turning Mill on the evening of Tuesday, June 10th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm for a tour of the mill.  We encourage the general public to view the stabilization work that was undertaken by the museum.  Funding for the stabilization came from Quincy's Community Preservation Commission and construction was by Northern Construction Service.  Museum members will be on hand to give brief tours of the mill.  Interpretive information and photos of the mill when in operation from 1894 to 1917 will be on display.  The Lyons Turning Mill is located on Quarry Hills Drive off of Ricciuti Drive, West Quincy.  If you have questions call the museum at 617-472-1322
May 13, 2014
Museum window display now back in Quincy Center.  The museum has acquired  window display space in the historic Granite Trust Building at 1400 Hancock Street .  The display is of historic photos of stone sheds, granite workers who produced the stone products and the transporting of Quincy granite. Granite working tools and equipment will also be displayed with interpretive information of each article.
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Stone sheds of Quincy. west window

April 1, 2014

Visit the Granite Railway quarry off Ricciuti Drive West Quincy and view the graffiti and decide for yourself if it is art or vandalism ?????

May 4, 2014
.THE QUINCY PARK DEPARTMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL TREASURES
PROGRAM
WHERE
IS QUINCY GRANITE NOW?
Sunday, May 4,
2p.m.
Join Al Bina and Tom Bonomi of the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers
Museum on a walk around Quincy Center to discover what buildings contain
Quincy  granite and learn some fascinating facts about quarrying in Quincy.  
Meet in the parking lot of the Quincy Historical Society,  8 Adams Street.  Rain
date: Saturday, May 10, 2 p.m.  For more  information and rain date
rescheduling, please call 617/472-0799.

January 10, 2014
The old Quincy City Hall is undergoing a complete restoration from the basement to the roof. The Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum was given a walk through with members of the Quincy Community Preservation Committee by project architect Jim Edwards of Holmes and Edwards Inc. The project is being funded through Community Preservation Funding and scheduled for completion in 2015. The old city hall  was built of Quincy granite by Solomon Willard  the architect and building superintendent in 1844. The interior has been stripped down exposing the rough granite walls as shown in photos .
December 29, 2013
The Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum will be having a winter quarry walk on Sunday December 29. The walk will include several historic sites. The tour will consist of interpretative information and historic photos of each stop location. Tour is liminted to 15 people. To register email with name and phone number at quincyquarrymuseum@verizon.net or call 617-472-1322 .  We will contact individuals with information on time and meeting place. The walk will be over rocky terrain and will be subject to weather and terrain conditions on walk day. Individuals will be notified of cancelation or resheduling.
December 11, 2013
The Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum  officially unveiled the interpretative signage erected by the Museum  at the Granite Railway Company's Inclined Plane Railway located at the end of Mullin Avenue, West Quincy.  
Photo L to R     Vic Campbell, Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts, Tom Bonomi, Quarry Museum, Tom Galvin, Quincy City Historian, Al Bina, President Quarry Museum, Quincy Mayor Koch, Chris Cassani, Executive Director Quincy Park and Forestry, Margaret Laforest, Ward 1 Quincy City Councilor and Quincy Chamber of Commerce Director of Tourism and Marketing and Chris Rooney Quincy Park Department.

November 14, 2013
The Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum has installed an interpretative sign at the base of the Inclined Plane Railway. The interpretative sign was designed by Benjamin Witunsky, Olivia Goldson and Theresa Hughes students in the Graphics Department of the Career and Technical Education of the Quincy Public Schools under instructor Aileen McGinnity. The rendering by local artist Ruth Haderski used reference material supplied by the museum. Funding for the project came from Quincy Arts Council supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum.

October 19, 2013
The Quincy Parks Department's Environmental Treasures Program tour of St, Mary's cemetery, Hall Place and the site of the first blast furnace with Steve Cantelli on Saturday October 19 , at 10:00 AM. Rain date  20th at 2:00 PM. Meet in the parking lot of St, Mary's church, 115 Crescent Street West Quincy.


September 1 thru September 30, 2013
Photo display of Quincy's granite industry history at the Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy Center.
The Quincy Quarry and Workers Museum would like to thank the Thomas Crane Public Library for the opportunity to allow the Museum to set up our display.

October 5, 2013
The Quincy Quarry Museum will be participating in Massachusetts Archaeology Month with tours of the historic Granite Railway's Inclined Plane, part of the first commerical railroad in America. Historic photos and artifacts will be on display. Date Saturday, October 5, 10:00 to 3:00. Inclined Plane is located at the end of Mullen Avenue, West Quincy, rain date October 12, call for info at 617-472-1322.

September 19, 2013
Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum will present two power point presentations at the Quincy Historical Society, 8 Adams Street, Quincy Center on Thursday, September 19th, at 2:00 PM. An introduction presentation will be given by Al Bina on the Museum followed by a presentation on the Lyons Turning Mill by Tom Bonomi. The afternoon presentation is open to the public.

July 11, 2013c

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Quincy Quarry Museum president Al Bina was the guest of Joe Catalano for the live broadcast of Currently in Quincy.  Al updated the listeners on the progress of the museum and current and future activities planned.  Al also discussed recent additions & donations to the museum's collection.

June 1, 2013 - September 1, 2013

Photo display of Quincy granite industry history will be featured at the three branches of the Thomas Crane Public Library, North Quincy Branch: June 1st through June 30th, Adams Shore Branch: July 1st through July 31st and the Wollaston Branch August 1st through August 31st.

May 21, 2013

Historic Lyons Turning Mill

Quincy Quarry Museum will  present two power point presentations at the Quincy Historical Society, 8 Adams Street, Quincy, on Tuesday, May 21st, at 7:30 P.M.  An introduction presentation will be given by Al Bina on the museum followed by a presentation on the Lyons Turning Mill by Tom Bonomi.  Presentation is open to the general public.

October 5, 2013

Massachusetts Archaeology Month

Quincy Quary Museum will give tours of the Inclined Plane Railway on Mullin Avenue , West Quincy on October 5th, 10 to 3 rain date October 12th. Interpretives, photos and artifacts will be displayed. Victor Campbell of the Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts will share his knowledge of the Inclined Plane and give tours of the Granite Railway built by Gridley Bryant in 1826.

May 18, 2013

A Tour 0f Fall River's Mills

Southern New England Chapter - Society for Industrial Archeology in conjunction with Fall River Mill Owner's Association, Saturday, May 18th as part of the Quequechan  Bicentennial (1813-2013).  Tour is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required.  Please contact Marc N. Belanger, SNEC-SIA president at:  mnbelanger@comcast.net or (508)837-5669 to register.

December 18, 2012
** The museum recently loss the window display in Quincy Center due to the revitalization of downtown Quincy, scheduled to begin in April. The entire block where the display was housed is scheduled to be razed.

New Window Display at  1418 Hancock Street, Quincy

The new window display in Quincy Center shows the story of the different modes of transportation of Quincy Granite through the years.

October 13, 2012

Lyons Turning Mill Site Tour
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, October 13 10am-2pm (Rain date Saturday, October 20)
LOCATION:Quarry
Hills Drive, off of Ricciuti Drive
INFORMATION:
617-472-1322, quincyquarrymuseum@verizon.net
SPONSOR:
Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum, www.quincyquarrymuseum.org
ADMISSION:
Free
Event consists of
  continual guided tours of the remains of the historic Lyons Turning Mill site
  and the surrounding Lyons Quarry area where artifacts of Quincy’s granite
  industry can be seen. Interpretive information explaining the artifacts will be
  displayed. Informational tables will be set up with historical photos of
  Quincy’s granite history. Also on display will be information on the proposed
  Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum to be built on a portion of the mill
  site grounds.

October 24, 2012

Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers  Museum open meeting

General public invited.  Update on museum business and power
point presentations on the stabilization of the walls of the Lyons Turning Mill
and The History of Quincy Granite.  Meeting will be held Wednesday, October 24,
at 7 PM. at the Ward 4 Community Center, 100 Brooks Ave. South Quincy.
 

October 27, 2012

Archaeology Day at the Blue Hills Reservation… “So You Want to be an Archaeologist?”
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, October 27, 10am-3pm (Rain date Sunday, October 28)
LOCATION:Blue Hills
Reservation, Quincy Quarries
INFORMATION:
617-626-1377, ellen.berkland@state.ma.us
SPONSOR:
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
ADMISSION:
Free
Get your hands
dirty with the DCR archaeologist. A brief introduction to the science of
archaeology will set the stage for a day of digging, washing, recording,
mapping, cataloguing and much more! Stay for an hour or the day. Bring lunch,
water and work-gloves. All ages welcome. Meet at the parking lot on Ricciuti
Drive. Call BHR Event Line at 617-698-1802 x 3 for cancellation information. 


May 2012 - ongoing
Display at Quincy City Hall Lobby

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The Quarry Museum photo display in the lobby of Quincy City Hall has been updated with historical photos  of Quincy City Hall from the town house of 1844 to the present.  The display has information and photos related to Solomon Willard the architect and superintendent of the building of the Town House in 1844. The old city hall is due to be restored to it's 1921 remodeling.  Stop by and view the photos and interpretive.

May 2012           Quincy High School-Graphic Arts and Visual Design

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Quarry Museum's interpretive signage will be
erected  at the site of the historic Granite Railway's Inclined Plane Railway.   The signage was designed by the students from the Graphic Arts and Visual Design  class of Ms. Aileen Mc Ginnity at Quincy High School.  Students (left to right)  Benjamin Witunsky, Olivia Goldson and Theresa Hughes with instructor (second  from left) Ms. Aileen Mc Ginnity.
THANK YOU!

MAY 2012

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New Window Display at
Quincy  Center, 1418 Hancock Street

The Quarry Museum's new window display in Quincy Center  is on John Horrigan and his connection to the Titanic disaster of April 15, 1912 on the 100th anniversary.  John Horrigan the Quincy sculptor of the Titanic Memorial statue which is located on the  Potomac River in Washington D.C. is dedicated in memory "To all the brave men who perished in the wreck of the Titanic April 15 1912 they gave their lives that women and children might be saved" was carved in his stone shed on Federal Avenue, South Quincy. The display features history of the Titanic and photos of Horrigan at work on the statue and other photos related to Horrigan.

April 26, 2012
Stabilization work at Lyons Turning Mill - Complete

Stabilization on the east wall is now complete.  The Quarry Museum is submitting an application to the Community Preservation Committee for the 2012 funding cycle.  We hope to be able to continue the stabilization work on the remaining wall structures at the Lyons Turning Mill. Pictures of the completed work are below ...

May 5, 2012, Saturday 9am-11am

On Saturday May 5th, 9am-11am. The Quincy Quarry and  Granite Workers Museum will participate in Quincy's Cleaner and Greener program  at the Inclined Plane Railway  at the end of Mullin Avenue West Quincy.  Join us in the cleanup at the site.   Gloves and tools will be supplied.  Also learn about the history of the Inclined  Plane and it's connection to the Granite Railway. Any questions call or email the Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum.
 

May 10, 2012, Thursday

There will be a presentation by Al Bina, president of the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum, at the monthly meeting of the Men's Discussion Group at the Kennedy Senior Center, East Squantum St., Quincy @ 10am.  The presentation will be a power point introduction to the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum and stabilization of the Lyons Turning Mill with CPA funding.

April 9, 2012

Al Bina, president of the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum, gave a presentation to the City of Presidents Quincy Chapter of The National Association of Retired Federal Employees. About 20 members attended the meeting. The presentation was a power point introduction to the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum and the plans to construct a museum at the historic Lyons Turning  Mill.

THE QUINCY PARK DEPARTMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL TREASURES
PROGRAM and WARD 4 COUNCILOR BRIAN  PALMUCCI

present"THE SWINGLE'S QUARRY STORY"with JOE GREENE and JOANNE SWINGLE HENNIGAN
 SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2 P.M.(Raindate: March 25, 2 p.m.)

Joe Greene has spent 3 years researching and creating  a documentary of the important people involved in operating the Swingle's Quarry  (the documentary will premiere in Quincy later this year!).  JoAnne Swingle  Hennigan is the daughter and granddaughter of the two Swingles men who owned the  Quarry.  On this free walking tour, Joe and JoAnne will lead participants around  the Quarry site sharing fascinating stories and old photos of its  history. Meet at the parking lot for the quarries  (from Willard Street, turn right on to Ricciuti Drive (towards the Granite Links  Golf Course) and then enter first parking lot on right (1/4 mile up the hill).   The tour will begin at the right end of the parking lot.  Note: if you are  coming from Furnace
Brook Parkway, you need to head north to cross  overRoute 93. 


For more information and raindate rescheduling, please call 617/472-0799

Stabilization work at the Lyons Turning Mill 

First phase capping o the fwalls is in progress.  Work on the Lyons Turning Mill is being funded by the Quincy Community Preservation Committee and Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum.  The work is being done
by Folan Waterproofing and Construction Co. of So. Easton, MA. Progress will beupdated on our web site.

January 29, 2012

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Granite worker statue in Shea Park, West Quincy at intersection of Common and Center streets and dedicated to all past granite workers of Quincy.  Statue sporting a Tom Brady shirt number 12. 

Go Pat's!


November 12, 2011

The Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum took part in the Department of Conservation and Recreation's quarry walk titled "Taken For Granite" on November 12th, 2011 at the Granite Railway quarry. The walk was organized by ranger captain Maggie Brown of the DCR and geologist Les Tyrala a member of the museum.  Information and historical pictures along with artificts related to the Granite Railway Company were displayed by the museum.

October 1, 2011

Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum will participate in the
Massachusetts Historical Commission's "Step Back in Time With Massachusetts Archaeology Month 2011". 
The Quarry Museum will conduct site tours of the
Inclined Plane Railway, a portion of the granite railway system, which was the first commercial railroad in the United States.
 
Date:  Saturday, October 1. 
Time:  10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 
Rain date:  Saturday, October 15. 
Location:  Mullin Ave.  to dead end.
For more information call 617-472-1322  

August 24, 2011 

The Quarry museum has moved the  two window displays of artifacts and museum
information to new location located at 1418 Hancock Street Quincy center.
 
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June 14, 2011

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Swingle's Bridge Plaque

Quarry Museum received the plaque from the bridge that spanned a portion of Swingle's Quarry that was constructed in 1904. 

The plaque was donated by Virginia and Berine Sweeney in memory of Berine's father Bernard Sweeney and William Yuscavitch. 




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L to R Al Bina accepting plaque, Berine Sweeney his wife Virginia, Silvia Yuscavitch and Bill Yuscavitch. 

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Historical photo from the Thomas Crane Library's Parker Collection showing a quarry worker standing on the bridge next to the
plaque.

June 14, 2011

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Granite workers statue in West Quincy at the intersecton of Common / Centre /
Copeland and West Sts.

GO BRUINS!

April 6, 2011 - Wednesday 7 - 9p

Please join us for a presentation by Becky Bates-McArthur and Paul Fiori on Cohasset's Minot's Ledge Lighthouse. They will tell the story of the first Minot's Ledge Lighthouse which was destroyed in a storm in 1851. It's replacement was constructed with granite from Quincy's Granite Railway Quarry. The presentation will include a video of the interior of the lighthouse and diagrams and photos of the lighthouse and Government Island. We will have updates on Museum progress. Presentation will be held at the Quincy Ward 4 Community Center, 100 Brooks Ave., South Quincy, MA.
For more information call 617-472-1322 or email  quincyquarrymuseum@verizon.net

February 16, 2011                    Presentation at Cohasset Historical Society

Presentation at Cohasset Historical Society   The Museum will make a presentation on the proposed Museum and also the building of the Minot's Ledge Lighthouse and its connection to Quincy's Granite Railway Company. Date:  February 16th at 7:30 Where:  Cohasset Historical Society, 106 South Main Street, Cohasset .
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Pictures were taken at our recent prestation at the Cohasset Historical Society. Al & Tom spoke to a full house. Thanks to all for your support and the enthusiastic turnout.
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Nov 13, 2010                                            Quarry Museum & DCR Quarry walk

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The Quarry Museum recently took part in the Department of Conservation and Recreation's quarry walk on Saturday, November 13th at the Granite Railway Quarry.  The walking tour was both an historical and geological informational tour of the Granite Railway Quarry.  The walk was organized by Ranger Captain Maggie Brown of DCR and geologist Les Tyrala a member of the museum.  Member Tom Bonomi also added many interesting facts about the granite industry in Quincy.  The museum had informational tables set up manned by members Louise Pagliccia and Al Bina with historical pictures and granite samples from many of the Quincy quarries along with stone cutting tools.

Oct 24, 2010                                              Plymouth Digital Photo Club Tour  

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Plymouth Digital Photo Club Tour   On Sunday October 24th the Plymouth Digital Photo Club was given a tour of the Granite Railway Quarry and the Lyons Turning Mill sites.  The tour was organized by Carol Themmen a member of the photo club and museum and Tom Bonomi, museum member.  Tom pointed out many historic artifacts scattered through out the walk and also gave a great historical presentation on both sites.  All members of the photo club took numerous photos of all aspects of the tour.  Visit the web site meetup.com for more information on the photo club.

October 25, 2010                                             WATD 95.9FM      Feature Series

WATD Radio 95.9 FM Feature Series on the proposed granite museum starting Monday Oct. 25th.  WATD's Dave Skill will be hosting a special five part series "The rocky road to bringing a granite museum to the Granite City".  The show will air at 5:26 AM, 9:00 AM and WATD's mid day report.
www.959watd.com/DaveSkill.php

October 20, 2010                          Minots Light / Cohasset Historical Society

Minots Light is made of Quincy Granite. On Wednesday, October 20th @ 7:30pm the Cohasset Historical Society, 106 South Main St.,  is offering a free lecture on the building of this beautiful lighthouse landmark. For more information please call the Cohasset Historical Society directly @
781-383-1434

October 2, 2010                        Archeology Month at the Lyons Turning Mill

 Come tour the proposed museum site and the remains of the Lyons Turning Mill; Saturday, October 2, 2010 10am -  3pm. Rain date 10/23. Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum information table and Bookstore items will be available. The Lyons Turning Mill is part of Quincy's rich granite history and is on the National and State Register of Historic places.
Location: Quarry Hills Drive, Quincy.
For more information call 617-472-1322 or email  quincyquarrymuseum@verizon.net .
Archeology Month is sponsored the the Commonwealth of Massachausetts. This year's theme is "Unlocking the Past" information is available http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc

October 6, 2010 - Wednesday - 7pm

Save the date. Open meeting with guest speaker Tom Galvin, Quincy City Historian. Tom's presentation will be about the Quincy Granite Indusry. Come and learn about recent developments and our progress establishing the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum. The meeting will be held @ Ward 4 Community Center, 100 Brooks Ave, South Quincy, MA. For more information call 617-472-1322 or email  quincyquarrymuseum@verizon.net

Cleaner Greener Quincy 2010

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The Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum took part in Quincy's Cleaner, Greener Day witih the clean-up of the historic Granite Railroad Inclined Plane, designed and built by Gridley Bryant in 1830.  The clean-up was a success as can be seen in the before and after photos.  This site is listed on the Massachusetts' Historical Register and is also on the National Civil Engineering Landmarks' Register.
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After Cleaner Greener Cleanup 2010 photo by Al Bina
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Before Cleaner Greener Cleanup 2010 photo by Al Bina


May, 2, 2010 - Sunday - The Quincy Park Department and The Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum present The History and Geology of Quincy Quarries with Al Bina, President Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum;  Tom Bonomi, Local historian and Les Tyrala, Registered Geologist.  PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR THIS TOUR. PLEASE CALL 617-472-0799 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              617-472-0799      end_of_the_skype_highlighting TO PREREGISTER.  This tour will explore the history of the Granite Railroad and the geology at three quarries to understand why the quarry companies chose this West Quincy location for such large-scale operations and why architects favored this stone.  These quarries provided dimensional stone for significant structures as close as Quincy City Hall, Minot's Lighthouse and the Bunker Hill monument to as far away as the New Orleans and Savannah Custom houses.  Additionally, we will look at glacial features that still remain at the edges of the quarries and learn about efforts to create a quarry museum.  Participants must be able to climb up steep, narrow, rugged trails to the tops of the quarries. Hiking books are strongly recommended. Limited to 30 Participants.  Meeting place will be provided at the time of registration.  No raindate has been scheduled.  However, registered participants should call 617-472-0799 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              617-472-0799      end_of_the_skype_highlighting after 1pm on Sunday for a recored announcement about inclement weather cancellation. The tour will last approximately 2 hours.

May 1, 2010 - Saturday - The Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum and Home Depot will join Cleaner, Greener Quincy on Saturday, May 1st to clean up the historic inclined plane railway, part of the Granite Railway the first commercial railroad in America.  Please join us to clean the area and also learn the history of this historic site.  Gloves, rakes and bags supplied by Cleaner, Greener Quincy and specialty tools to clean the rails will be donated by Home Depot.  For more information call 617-472-1322 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              617-472-1322      end_of_the_skype_highlighting. 


April 7, 2010 - Wednesday - 7pm - Join us for an open meeting for members & the public to learn about the propsed Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum. We will be showing several DVDs of activities from the 1996 Commonwealth Museum's Exhibit titled "Granite The Enduring Legacy of Massachusetts". Original video of the granite industry throughtout Massachusetts was filmed by TC Fitzgerald, photographer from the Commonwealth Museum. Stonecutting, stonecutting tools & equipment & granite tool blacksmithing will be included in the presentation. The meeting will be held @ Ward 4 Community Center, 100 Brooks Ave, South Quincy, MA. For more information call 617-472-1322 or email quincyquarrymuseum@verizon.net

March 18, 2010 - Read about the progress of the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum tax exempt status in The Quincy Sun, page 13.

December 5 , 2009 - 1pm - QUINCY PARKS DEPARTMENT presents
ST. MARY'S CEMETERY, HALL PLACE AND THE REMAINS OF THE FIRST BLAST FURNACE with Stephen Cantelli (raindate 12/6 @1pm) This free tour will explre several fascinating sites in West Quincy: the remains of the first operational blast furnace in our country, a monument to Solomon Willard, te architect of the Bunker Hill Monument, and a cemetery that includes the gravesites of Civil War heros, a famous boxer, a person that died in the French & Indian Wars as well as many granite workers! We will view the amazing artistry of Quincy's granite workers displayed in the monuments and see some of Quincy's most beautiful trees.  Meet in the parking lot of St Mary's Church, 115 Crescent St (from Hancock St, take Furnace Brook Pkwy West, turn right onto Crescent St (just before Copeland St) Because parking entrance is one way, turn right just beyond church and then right again behind church to parking lot)

November 21, 2009 - QATV @ 7pm. Conversations with Gus: guest Al Bina will speak on the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum. Will be rebroadcasted 11/22 @2am & 1pm.

November 14, 2009 - 2pm - QUINCY PARKS DEPARTMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL TREASURES PROGRAM presents THE GEOLOGY OF SQUAW ROCK  with LES TYRALA, Registered Geologist. (Raindate 11/15 @ 2pm) This free tour will look at the ancient bedrock exposd as well as more recent glacial features. Bring binoculars if you have them since we may also see some harbor seals or interesting birds.  Meet in the parking lot by the Nickerson Post (take E Squantum St to Dorchester Ave Turn left into parking lot before guard house)  Wear sturdy footwear for walking the rocky beach.  For more information and rain date rescheduling, call 617 472 0799 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              617 472 0799      end_of_the_skype_highlighting


November 7, 2009 - 1pm - The Department of Conservation and Recreation presents: Quincy Quarries: Taken for Granite. Meet @ quarry parking lot on Ricciuti Drive, West Quincy @1pm. Ranger led tour of the Quincy Quarries beginning @ Bunker Hill Quarry. For more information contact the DCR 617 698 1802 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              617 698 1802      end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

October 8, 2009 - 12 noon - The Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum will give a presentation on the proposed museum to be located at the Lyons Turning Mill located on Quarry Hills Drive in West Quincy.  The presentation will be given at noon at Christ Church Quincy, 12 Quincy Avenue, Quincy in the downstairs hall.  The presentation is hosted by the Ladies Guild.  The public is welcomed to attend.

October 7, 2009 - 7pm - Join us at an open meeting for members and the public to learn about the proposed Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum.  Our guest speaker for the evening will be Mr. Vic Campbell of the Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts.  Mr. Campbell will give a presentation, The Granite Railway "Quarry-to-Wharf".  Over the years Mr. Campbell has gained extensive knowlege of railroading and quarrying in the West Quincy and Milton area.  Mr. Campbell also conducts guided tours throughout the year.  Please join us for what will be an interesting evening.  The meeting will be held @ 7pm, Ward Four Community Center, 100 Brooks Ave., South Quincy.  For more information call 617 472 1322 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              617 472 1322      end_of_the_skype_highlighting .

September 24, 2009 - 9am - Several members of the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum will be guests on Quincy Access Television AM with Joe Catalano on Thursday September 24th at 9:00 AM. The discussion will focus on the proposed museum at the Lyons Turning Mill site.  Members will give an update on the progress to date.  The AM program airs on Channel 8 Quincy Access Television.  Be sure to tune in the interview with members of the museum will be informative and interesting.

September 1, 2009 - The Quincy Quarry & Granite Workers Museum recently celebrated its first anniversary of incorporation.  A sign was erected at the proposed location of the QuarryMuseum at the Lyons Turning Mill on Quarry Hills Drive, WestQuincy.  This site was chosen by its members because of the many advantages that the site has to offer. Many positive comments have been received on the sign’s design.  The silhouette design on the sign was courtesy of the CommonwealthMuseum. See a picture of our new sign on the "Future Home" page of our web page.

August 20, 2009 - Read about the progress of Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum in the August 20, 2009 edition of The Quincy Sun Newspaper on page 15.  A informative article written by Laura Griffen.