Blue Soapstone Quarry

• 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.

See

• The Townswoman's Andover,by Bessie Goldsmith (974.45 Gol), page36 to page 43.

--Eleanor 16:24, May 10, 2006 (EDT)

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