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* The stone was used for buildings on Summer Street in Boston, monuments in the Mount Auburn Cemetary, and in the West Parish Cemetary. | * The stone was used for buildings on Summer Street in Boston, monuments in the Mount Auburn Cemetary, and in the West Parish Cemetary. | ||
* The treasurer of the company absconded and the project was terminated, leaving large boulders at the site. | * The treasurer of the company absconded and the project was terminated, leaving large boulders at the site. | ||
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*[http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11389I5VR6171.20174&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=33&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.ET&term=townswoman%27s+andover&aspect=subtab783&x=2&y=8#focus ''The Townswoman's Andover,'']by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), | *[http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11389I5VR6171.20174&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=33&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.ET&term=townswoman%27s+andover&aspect=subtab783&x=2&y=8#focus ''The Townswoman's Andover,'']by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), page 36 - 43. | ||
* ''Andover Townsman'', September 17, 1998, page 10. | |||
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Revision as of 16:30, 10 May 2006
- Off Jenkins Road in Harold Parker State Forest
- Land originally owned by William Jenkins. In 1934 he entered into a contract to quarry the stone with Addison Flint and Michael Flannery, a stone cutter.
- The stone was used for buildings on Summer Street in Boston, monuments in the Mount Auburn Cemetary, and in the West Parish Cemetary.
- The treasurer of the company absconded and the project was terminated, leaving large boulders at the site.
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- The Townswoman's Andover,by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), page 36 - 43.
- Andover Townsman, September 17, 1998, page 10.
--Eleanor 16:24, May 10, 2006 (EDT)
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