Between 1825 and 1843 Boston raised a granite obelisk over the Bunker Hill battlefield. Cameron tells the story of the undertaking: the false start of the cornerstone, the architect Solomon Willard, the Quincy quarry and its methods, and the Granite Railway built to carry the blocks to the water, with notes on the tools and techniques of the day.
A short, well-illustrated piece of engineering history for New Englanders and anyone curious about early American building. Download the free EPUB.