What type of rock was Quincy's thriving industry based on?
Granite
Marble
Limestone
Slate
Answer
Quincy, Massachusetts was home to a thriving granite industry for more than a century. The city's abundant granite resources were used for building and construction, and the Granite Railway, the United States' first commercial railroad, was built to transport the stone.
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