Photo Gallery: Kallenberg Quarry
In the 1800s and after, this area of town produced Lynnfield granite.
The Bow Ridge Reservation lies at the end of Ledge Road, not far from the 128 rotary and the power lines that can be seen from Route 1. Before it was a town conservation area though, it was better known for its Lynnfield granite.
For many decades starting in the 1800s, Kallenberg Quarry operated on this site.
A walk through the conservation area finds some lingering traces of this early local industrial activity. And even better, it provides plenty of peace and quiet for a nice moderate hike, despite its proximity to the highway and some heavily developed areas.
Do you have any old photos of the quarry, or any relics from it? Email William.Laforme@patch.com.
Gerry MacDonald
8:32 am on Monday, June 20, 2011
I was always under the impression that the famous quarries were in Quincy but I guess Lynnfield was as famous. Nice photos and great info.
Gerry
linda
7:26 pm on Thursday, June 23, 2011
What kind of building stood where the lone fireplace now stands? Amazing pictures, never would have suspected such a historic place existed here in Lynnfield. We knew of the ice house on Pillings Pond and a town of farming, summer cottages, the JB Blood Estate off Main and Chestnut Streets and other historic homes such as the Main Street home which was part of the under ground railroad, but a source of granite is unique.
William Laforme
9:16 pm on Thursday, June 23, 2011
All I know is that the building was a part of the original quarry, one possibility could be that it was a quarters for workers given the size of that chimney. I did not know about the ice house or Underground Railroad stop in town, and will start trying to learn more about them with an eye on future articles. - BL
linda
9:36 pm on Thursday, June 23, 2011
There was an ice house early on in Lynnfield where ice was harvested off of Pillings Ponds and sold on ice wagons. The house where there was an underground tunnel to hide slaves on the underground railroad is located on Main Street. I have forgoten the number of the house but it and other info regarding historical points of interest I found in a history of Lynnfield book. It also shows pictures of the JB Blood estate (house still there) complete with it's own swimming pond, (now overgrown and environmentally unrecoverable). It also provides a fascinating pictorial of "old" Lynnfield.