Quincy Quarries Reservation Painted Rocks in Massachusetts -

The birthplace of the granite quarrying industry, the Quincy Quarries have had an interesting past. Last active in its quarrying capacity in 1963, the site was transformed into a swimming and cliff diving destination after the steep granite rocks allowed for water to gather and pool. Unfortunately this new recreational use proved to be dangerous. 13 people died between the years of 1960 and 1994, when they drained the quarries. Another source claims accidental deaths at the Quincy Quarries to be as high as 51! And there has been at least one disposed body weighed down in the waters. A New York Times article paints a vivid picture of its gloomy past.

By the black-water depths of the old Granite Rail Quarry, Charlie Hammond stood waiting again today, waiting to find out whether a naked female corpse recently spotted in the murk by police divers and then lost from sight was that of his long-missing daughter, Karen.
”Nothing of any good has come of these quarries since the granite was gone,” said Mr. Hammond, a truck driver from South Boston with blue eyes bleared by grief. ”Everyone who wanted to do something wrong, this was the place they came to.
”So many lives have been lost here over the years,” he said of the still onyx waters surrounded by great jumbles of leftover stone blocks, their sides blanketed in alphabet-soup graffiti left by generations of teen-agers. ”It’s been a dumping ground for bodies. Who knows how many other bodies are down there?”
The answer is: Nobody knows.
NY Times Article, December 7, 1997, Section 1, Page 22

I’m happy to say that I survived my visit. To follow, the color on quarries