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class="entry-content"> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Granite Railway et plan incliné du Granite Railway</strong></em><br /> <em><strong> Le premier chemin de fer d’Amérique et premier plan incliné funiculaire d’Amérique (1826)</strong></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Granite Railway & Granite Incline</strong><br /> <strong>First Railway in America & First Inclined Railway in America (1826)</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Published on September 1st, 2012<br /> Copyright © 2012 Funimag Michel Azéma, Paris (France)<strong><br /> </strong></p> <p><em>Pour commémorer la célèbre bataille de Bunker Hill qui, le 17 juin 1775, vit la victoire des Britanniques sur les troupes révolutionnaires à Boston lors que la guerre d’Indépendance, William Ticknor créa, en 1823, une association, the Bunker Hill Monument Association, dont le but était de trouver des fonds pour l’édification d’un obélisque de 67 mètres de haut à l’emplacement de la bataille.</em><br /> To commemorate the famous battle of Bunker Hill, June 17 1775, where the British defeated the revolutionary troops in Boston during the American Revolutionary War, William Ticknor created in 1823, an association, the Bunker Hill Monument Association, whose purpose was to raise funds for the construction of an 67 meters high obelisk at the site of the battle.</p> <figure id="attachment_4995" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4995" style="width: 314px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Battle_of_bunker_hill_by_percy_moran.jpg" title="Battle of Bunker Hill" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="1044319363" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-4995 " title="Battle of Bunker Hill" alt="Battle of Bunker Hill" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Battle_of_bunker_hill_by_percy_moran.jpg" width="314" height="260" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4995" class="wp-caption-text">Battle of Bunker Hill by Percy Moran</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Le granit nécessaire à la construction de l’obélisque fut trouvé dans une carrière de Quincy au sud de Boston.</em><br /> <em> C’est le Marquis de La Fayette, en personne, qui, le 17 juin 1825, posa la première pierre du monument lors du cinquantième anniversaire de la bataille de Bunker Hill.</em><br /> Granite needed for the construction of the obelisk was found in a quarry in Quincy, south of Boston.<br /> This is the Marquis de La Fayette, in person, who, on 17 June 1825, laid the first stone of the monument on the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.</p> <figure id="attachment_4985" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4985" style="width: 314px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Lafayette_1825.png" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="813397982" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-4985" title="Marquis de La Fayette in 1825" alt="Marquis de La Fayette in 1825" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Lafayette_1825.png" width="314" height="430" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4985" class="wp-caption-text">Marquis de La Fayette in 1825</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Le Bunker Hill Monument ne sera finalement achevé qu’en 1843.</em><br /> The Bunker Hill Monument will be finally completed until 1843.</p> <figure id="attachment_4983" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4983" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Bunker_hill_monument-1890.jpg" title="Bunker Hill Monument in 1890" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="559049963" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-4983 " title="Bunker Hill Monument in 1890" alt="Bunker Hill Monument in 1890" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Bunker_hill_monument-1890.jpg" width="600" height="728" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4983" class="wp-caption-text">Bunker Hill Monument in 1890 (document Library of Congress)</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Les énormes blocs de granit nécessaires au monument furent transportés par des chariots tirés par des chevaux mais afin de les acheminer plus efficacement un projet encore plus audacieux fut monté… celui de construire un chemin qui supporterait et guiderait les chariots… un chemin de fer… le premier chemin de fer d’Amérique.</em><br /> <em>Le 4 janvier 1826 fut créée The Granite Railway Company afin d’améliorer le transport des blocs de granit et c’est le 7 octobre 1826 que ce premier chemin de fer fut mis en service à Quincy. Il reliait la carrière de granit de Blue Hill, à Quincy, à la rivière Neponset, soit une distance de plus de quatre kilomètres. Sur ses voies circulaient des chariots, tirés par des chevaux, et transportant les blocs de pierre jusqu’à la rivière et de là ils étaient ensuite transportés en bateau jusqu’à Bunker Hill.</em><br /> The huge granite blocks necessary for the monument were transported by carriages pulled by horses but in order to more efficiently deliver an even more audacious project was set up … The project was to construct a road that would support and guide the carriages… a railroad … the first railroad in America.<br /> On January 4, 1826 was created The Granite Railway Company to improve the transport of granite blocks and on 7 October 1826 that first railway was put into operation in Quincy (MA). The railway linked the Blue Hill granite quarry at Quincy to the Neponset River at a distance of more than four kilometers. On its way circulating carriages, drawn by horses, and carrying stone blocks to the river and there they were then transported by boat to Bunker Hill.</p> <figure id="attachment_5013" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5013" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Map-1867.jpg" title="Map 1867" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="2027847866" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-5013 " title="Map 1867" alt="Map 1867" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Map-1867.jpg" width="600" height="427" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5013" class="wp-caption-text">Map 1867</figcaption></figure> <figure id="attachment_4987" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4987" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-06.jpg" title="Granite railway and Granite Incline" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="2012274906" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-4987 " title="Granite railway and Granite Incline" alt="Granite railway and Granite Incline" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-06.jpg" width="600" height="129" srcset="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-06.jpg 1600w, https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-06-1024x220.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 85vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4987" class="wp-caption-text">Granite railway and Granite Incline</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Le chemin de fer fut conçu par Gridley Bryant. La voie était composée de blocs de granit sur lesquels étaient fixées des plaques de fer de 1,54 mètre de long en guise de rails.</em><br /> <em> Un plan incliné fut construit pour descendre les blocs de granit depuis la carrière jusqu’au niveau du nouveau chemin de fer, soit un dénivelé de 25 mètres.</em><br /> The railway was designed by Gridley Bryant. The path was made of granite blocks on which were fixed iron plates of 1.54 m long as a track.<br /> An inclined plane was built for take down the granite blocks from the quarry to the level of the new railway, or a drop of 25 meters.</p> <figure id="attachment_4989" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4989" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite_Railway-1934.jpg" title="Granite Incline in 1934" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="405685540" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-4989 " title="Granite Incline in 1934" alt="Granite Incline in 1934" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite_Railway-1934.jpg" width="600" height="437" srcset="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite_Railway-1934.jpg 1200w, https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite_Railway-1934-1024x745.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 85vw, 600px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4989" class="wp-caption-text">Monument for Granite Incline in 1934 (document Library of Congress)</figcaption></figure> <figure id="attachment_4997" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4997" style="width: 550px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-02.jpg" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="499751480" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-4997" title="Granite Incline" alt="Granite Incline" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-02.jpg" width="550" height="204" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4997" class="wp-caption-text">Granite Incline, details of the track</figcaption></figure> <figure id="attachment_4991" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4991" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite_Railway-1934-02.jpg" title="Granite Incline in 1934" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="380568774" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-4991 " title="Granite Incline in 1934" alt="Granite Incline in 1934" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite_Railway-1934-02.jpg" width="600" height="480" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4991" class="wp-caption-text">Details of the remains of one of the two parallel inclined tracks with the pulleys which was supporting the chain (1934) (document Library of Congress)</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Le plan incliné était composé de deux voies parallèles, une pour les chariots montant à vide et l’autre pour les chariots descendant chargés des blocs de granit. Entre les rails de chaque voie passait une chaîne sans fin qui reposait sur 39 poulies disposées environ tous les deux mètres. Au sommet du plan incliné, il y avait une plate forme oscillante, équipée d’une roue dentée et de cames, dont le rôle était de recevoir les lourds chariots en provenance de la carrière avant leurs prises en charge par le plan incliné. Lorsqu’un chariot arrivait sur la plate forme, celle-ci actionnait automatiquement une plaque qui s’élevait entre la pente et la plate forme pour empêcher le chariot de basculer dans la pente. Une fois que le chariot sortait de la plate forme, celle-ci reprenait sa position normale grâce à des contrepoids. En bas du plan incliné, une plaque tournante permettait de diriger les chariots depuis le plan incliné vers le chemin de fer.</em><br /> <em>Ce plan incliné fut utilisé tel quel pendant 70 ans avant que les voies soient modernisées en 1901.</em><br /> <em> En 1920, les rails d’origine furent enlevés et remplacés par une seule voie composée de rails en forme de cornières métalliques sur lesquelles pouvaient rouler des automobiles comportant un plateau pour les blocs de granit (voir photo ci-dessous) et qui étaient manœuvrées et retenues par un puissant treuil et des câbles.</em><br /> The inclined plane was composed of two parallel tracks, one for empty carts going up and the other for carts loaded of granite blocks going down . Between the rails of each track passed an endless chain lay on 39 pulleys arranged approximately every two meters. At the top of the incline, there was an oscillating platform, equipped with cams and a toothed wheel, whose role was to receive heavy carts from the quarry before their transportation by the inclined plane. When a cart arrived on the platform, it was operating an automatic plate which stood between the slope and the platform to prevent the trolley from falling into the slope. Once the carriage left the platform, it resumed its normal position by means of counterweight. Down the inclined plane, a hub allowed to direct trucks from the slope to the railroad.<br /> This inclined plane was used as such for 70 years before the tracks were modified in 1901.<br /> In 1920, the original rails were removed and replaced by a single path consisting of U shaped metal rails on which motorized trucks could drive with granite blocks (see photo below) and were operated and retained by a powerful winch and cables.</p> <figure id="attachment_4993" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4993" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-08.jpg" title="Granite Incline in 1920" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="806000751" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-4993 " title="Granite Incline in 1920" alt="Granite Incline in 1920" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-08.jpg" width="600" height="579" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4993" class="wp-caption-text">Granite Incline in 1920</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Au total le plan incliné fut utilisé pendant plus de 100 ans.</em><br /> <em> Les chariots étaient composés de quatre grandes roues de près de 2 mètres de diamètre avec une plate forme entre les roues. Pour prendre en charge les blocs de granit, la plate forme était posée seule sur le sol puis chargée avec les blocs de granit. Le chariot était ensuite amené au dessus de la plate forme qui était soulevée au dessus de la voie au moyen d’un treuil manuel et de chaînes. Un chariot pouvait transporter 6 tonnes de charge et être tiré par un seul cheval. Il fallait une heure et demie pour aller de la carrière au quai d’embarquement de la rivière et retourner à la carrière.</em><br /> The inclined plane was used for over 100 years.<br /> Carriages consisted of four large wheels nearly 2 meters in diameter with a platform between the wheels. To support the granite blocks, the platform was placed only on the floor and loaded with granite blocks. The carriage was then brought over and the platform was raised above the track using a manual winch and chains. A carriage could carry 6 tons load and be pulled by a single horse. It took an hour and a half to go from the quarry to the pier at the river and back to the quarry.</p> <figure id="attachment_5003" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5003" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-09.jpg" title="Carriage of Granit Incline (1934)" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="1161821443" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-5003 " title="Carriage of Granit Incline (1934)" alt="Carriage of Granit Incline (1934)" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-09.jpg" width="600" height="404" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5003" class="wp-caption-text">Replica of the first carriage of Granit Incline exposed on 1934</figcaption></figure> <figure id="attachment_4999" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4999" style="width: 500px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-03.jpg" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="499572509" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-4999 " title="Carriage of the Granite Incline" alt="Carriage of the Granite Incline" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-03.jpg" width="500" height="378" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4999" class="wp-caption-text">Carriage of the Granite Incline</figcaption></figure> <figure id="attachment_5000" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5000" style="width: 500px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-04.jpg" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="1547905063" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-5000" title="Carriage of the Granite Incline" alt="Carriage of the Granite Incline" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-04.jpg" width="500" height="403" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5000" class="wp-caption-text">Carriage of the Granite Incline</figcaption></figure> <figure id="attachment_5001" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5001" style="width: 400px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-05.jpg" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="575496058" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-5001" title="Carriage of the Granite Incline" alt="Carriage of the Granite Incline" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-05.jpg" width="400" height="563" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5001" class="wp-caption-text">Carriage of the Granite Incline</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Le chemin de fer était considéré comme une grande réussite technique et les visiteurs venaient de loin pour en faire la visite. Ainsi, après 6 ans d’exploitation, est arrivé un évènement qui est considéré comme le premier accident de chemin de fer d’Amérique. Le 25 juillet 1832, quatre hommes quittèrent Boston pour venir examiner le chemin de fer. Après avoir vu comment étaient transportés les blocs de granit sur la voie, ils furent invités à visiter le plan incliné en s’installant dans un des chariots qui devait remonter à vide la pente. Durant la montée, la chaîne se rompit et les quatre hommes furent précipités dans la pente. Il y eut un mort, Thomas B. Achuas, et trois blessés graves.</em><br /> The Granite Railway was considered as a great technical achievement and visitors came from far away to make the visit. Thus, after six years of operation, came an event which is considered the first railway accident in America. July 25, 1832, four men left Boston to come and examine the railway. After seeing how were transported granite blocks on the way, they were invited to visit the inclined plane by moving one of the carts had to go back empty slope. During the climb, the chain broke and the four men were thrown into the slope. There was a death, Thomas B. Achuas and three seriously injured.</p> <p><em><strong>Plaques commémoratives du centenaire sur les colonnes du monument du Granit Incline (1826-1926):</strong></em><br /> <strong>Commemorative plaques for the centenary of the Granit Old Incline (1826-1926):</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-10.jpg" data-slb-active="1" data-slb-asset="418910151" data-slb-internal="0" data-slb-group="4980"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5005" title="Granite-10" alt="" src="https://www.funimag.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Granite-10.jpg" width="600" height="367" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>A gauche</em> / Left</span>:<br /> <em>Premier chariot du Granit Railway. Premier chemin de fer en Amérique</em> / First car on the Granite Railway. First railway in America</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>A droite</em> / Right</span>:</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><em>Ce portail indique le pied du vieux plan incliné qui a fait partie du chemin de fer du granit (Granit Railway).</em><br /> <em>Ce chemin de fer a été conçu et réalisé par Gridley Bryant malgré une forte opposition et soutenu par Thomas Perkins Handasyd pour le transport de la pierre pour le Bunker Hill Monument depuis les carrières jusqu’à la rivière Neponset à une distance de 2,75 miles.</em><br /> <em>Les travaux ont commencé en avril 1826 et le chemin de fer a été terminé et mis en service octobre 7 1826.</em><br /> This gateway marks the foot of the Old Incline, a part of the Granite Railway.<br /> 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 stone for Bunker Hill Monument from the quarry to tidewater in Neponset River a distance of two to three quarters miles.<br /> Work was begun April 1826 and the completed railway was opened October 7 1826.</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong><em>Caractéristiques du plan incliné</em> / Technical datas of the Granit Incline:</strong></p> <table border="0" cellspacing="2" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="Counterbalanced" src="https://www.funimag.com/commun/typfun14.gif" width="40" height="40" /></td> <td> <em>A contrepoids</em></td> <td> / Counterbalanced</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><em>Début: <em> 7 octobre 1826 / Start: October 7, 1826<br /> Fin: années 1940 / End: 1940s</em><br /> Dénivelé: 25 mètres</em> / Difference of altitude: 25 meters<br /> <em>Longueur: 96 mètres</em> / Longueur : 96 meters<br /> <em>Pente: 26,8 %</em> / Gradient: 26.8 %</p> <p><strong><em>Vidéo sur l’emplacement du Granite Railway</em> / Video at the Granite Railway site</strong></p> <p>[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyKNZN8DwX0[/youtube]</p> <p>[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3_UyD-g_ow[/youtube]</p> <p><strong><em>Géolocalisation</em> / Geographical location</strong></p> <p><em>Lettre A rouge: le plan incliné (Granit Incline)</em> / Letter A in red: Granit Incline<br /> <em>Cliquez et zoomez sur les autres repères pour en connaître la signification</em> / Click and zoom on the other tags to know what they are<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.funimag.com/maps/Granite-Railway.html" width="700" height="500" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> </div> </article> <div id="comments" class="comments-area"> <h2 class="comments-title"> 2 thoughts on “(US) Granite Railway – The first railroad in America (1826)” </h2> <ol class="comment-list"> <li id="comment-42765" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-42765" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7a674831090499836bdedc818dff7a63?s=42&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7a674831090499836bdedc818dff7a63?s=84&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-42 photo' height='42' width='42' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://www.trenak.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Joseba</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.funimag.com/photoblog/index.php/articles/us-granite-railway-the-first-railroad-in-america/#comment-42765"><time datetime="2012-09-15T08:26:30+02:00">September 15, 2012 at 8:26 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>¡¡ Magnifique !!</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-42871" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-42871" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b09cb55d20a76bdbdeae8548f5e2233e?s=42&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b09cb55d20a76bdbdeae8548f5e2233e?s=84&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-42 photo' height='42' width='42' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://twitter.com/BCichowlas" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">BCichowlas (@BCichowlas)</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://www.funimag.com/photoblog/index.php/articles/us-granite-railway-the-first-railroad-in-america/#comment-42871"><time datetime="2013-05-06T21:06:12+02:00">May 6, 2013 at 9:06 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks. 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