These are the remains of the earliest iron smelting furnace in America, constructed in 1644 and in operation by spring, 1645.
Under the direction of John Winthrop, Jr. - future governor of Connecticut and a participant in the early years of . . . — — Map (db m298953) HM
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
The Granite Railway
Designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers 1976
This marker commemorates the 150th anniversary of the ground breaking for the first commercial railroad in the . . . — — Map (db m49466) HM
This gateway marks the foot of the old incline, a part of the Granite Railway.
The idea of this railway was conceived and carried out by Gridley Bryant, in the face of great opposition but supported by Thomas Handasyd Perkins, to transport the . . . — — Map (db m198169) HM
“Don’t fire ‘til you see the whites of their eyes.”
The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought here on Breed’s Hill, June 17, 1775, was the first major military confrontation of the Revolutionary War. Although the . . . — — Map (db m282107) HM
